Biology:Arsenite methyltransferase

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Arsenite methyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number2.1.1.137
CAS number167140-41-2
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Arsenite methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.137, S-adenosyl-L-methionine:arsenic(III) methyltransferase, S-adenosyl-L-methionine:methylarsonite As-methyltransferase, methylarsonite methyltransferase) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:arsenite As-methyltransferase.[1][2][3][4][5] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(1) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + arsenite [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methylarsonate
(2) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + methylarsonite [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + dimethylarsinate

An enzyme of the biotransformation pathway that forms dimethylarsinate from inorganic arsenite and arsenate.

References

  1. "Enzymatic reduction of arsenic compounds in mammalian systems: the rate-limiting enzyme of rabbit liver arsenic biotransformation is MMA(V) reductase". Chemical Research in Toxicology 12 (12): 1278–83. December 1999. doi:10.1021/tx9901231. PMID 10604879. 
  2. "Enzymatic methylation of arsenic compounds. VII. Monomethylarsonous acid (MMAIII) is the substrate for MMA methyltransferase of rabbit liver and human hepatocytes". Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 158 (1): 9–15. July 1999. doi:10.1006/taap.1999.8687. PMID 10387927. 
  3. "Enzymatic methylation of arsenic compounds. III. The marmoset and tamarin, but not the rhesus, monkeys are deficient in methyltransferases that methylate inorganic arsenic". Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 140 (1): 77–84. September 1996. doi:10.1006/taap.1996.0199. PMID 8806872. 
  4. "Enzymatic methylation of arsenic compounds: assay, partial purification, and properties of arsenite methyltransferase and monomethylarsonic acid methyltransferase of rabbit liver". Chemical Research in Toxicology 8 (8): 1029–38. December 1995. doi:10.1021/tx00050a006. PMID 8605285. 
  5. "A novel S-adenosyl-L-methionine:arsenic(III) methyltransferase from rat liver cytosol". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (13): 10795–803. March 2002. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110246200. PMID 11790780. 

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