Biology:Uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase

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Uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number2.1.1.107
CAS number125752-76-3
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Uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.107), uroporphyrinogen methyltransferase, uroporphyrinogen-III methyltransferase, adenosylmethionine-uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase, S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent uroporphyrinogen III methylase, uroporphyrinogen-III methylase, SirA, CysG, CobA, uroporphyrin-III C-methyltransferase, S-adenosyl-L-methionine:uroporphyrin-III C-methyltransferase) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + uroporphyrinogen III [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] 2 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + precorrin-2 (overall reaction)
(1a) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + uroporphyrinogen III [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + precorrin-1
(1b) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + precorrin-1 [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + precorrin-2
uroporphyrinogen III substrate of the enzyme
precorrin-2 product of the enzyme

Uroporphyrinogen-III C-methyltransferase catalyses two methylation reactions. The first reaction converts uroporphyrinogen III into precorrin-1. The second converts precorrin-1 into precorrin-2. These reactions are part of the biosynthetic pathway to cobalamin (vitamin B12) in both anaerobic and aerobic bacteria.

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References

  1. "Uroporphyrinogen-III methylase catalyzes the enzymatic-synthesis of sirohydrochlorin-II and sirohydrochlorin-IV by a clockwise mechanism". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 112: 5343–5345. 1990. doi:10.1021/ja00169a048. 
  2. "The Escherichia coli cysG gene encodes S-adenosylmethionine-dependent uroporphyrinogen III methylase". The Biochemical Journal 265 (3): 725–9. February 1990. doi:10.1042/bj2650725. PMID 2407234. 
  3. "The structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Met8p, a bifunctional dehydrogenase and ferrochelatase". The EMBO Journal 21 (9): 2068–75. May 2002. doi:10.1093/emboj/21.9.2068. PMID 11980703. 

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