Squalene methyltransferase

Squalene methyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number 2.1.1.262
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Squalene methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.262, TMT-1, TMT-2) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:squalene C-methyltransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + squalene 2 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 3,22-dimethyl-1,2,23,24-tetradehydro-2,3,22,23-tetrahydrosqualene (overall reaction)
(1a) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + squalene S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 3-methyl-1,2-didehydro-2,3-dihydrosqualene
(1b) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 3-methyl-1,2-didehydro-2,3-dihydrosqualene S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 3,22-dimethyl-1,2,23,24-tetradehydro-2,3,22,23-tetrahydrosqualene

There are two isoforms in the green alga Botryococcus braunii BOT22 that differ in their specificity .

References

  1. Niehaus, T.D.; Kinison, S.; Okada, S.; Yeo, Y.S.; Bell, S.A.; Cui, P.; Devarenne, T.P.; Chappell, J. (2012). "Functional identification of triterpene methyltransferases from Botryococcus braunii race B". J. Biol. Chem. 287: 8163–8173. doi:10.1074/jbc.m111.316059. PMC 3318757. PMID 22241476.
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