| EC |
2.1.1.71 |
| Accepted name: |
phosphatidyl-N-methylethanolamine N-methyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + phosphatidyl-N-methylethanolamine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + phosphatidyl-N-dimethylethanolamine |
| Other name(s): |
phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine methyltransferase; methyltransferase II; phospholipid methyltransferase; PLMT; phosphatidyl-N-methylethanolamine methyltransferase; phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine methyltransferase; phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase I; phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine methyltransferase |
| Systematic name: |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:phosphatidyl-N-methylethanolamine N-methyltransferase |
| Comments: |
The enzyme also catalyses the transfer of a further methyl group, producing phosphatidylcholine. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 67167-73-1 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Hirata, F., Viveros, O.H., Diliberto, E.J., Jr. and Axelrod, J. Identification and properties of two methyltransferases in conversion of phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75 (1978) 1718–1721. [DOI] [PMID: 25437] |
| 2. |
Schneider, W.J. and Vance, D.E. Conversion of phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine in rat liver. Partial purification and characterization of the enzymatic activities. J. Biol. Chem. 254 (1979) 3886–3891. [PMID: 438165] |
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