| EC |
2.1.1.11 |
| Accepted name: |
magnesium protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + magnesium protoporphyrin IX = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + magnesium protoporphyrin IX 13-methyl ester |
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For diagram of the earlier stages of chlorophyll biosynthesis, click here |
| Systematic name: |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:magnesium-protoporphyrin-IX O-methyltransferase |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9029-82-7 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Gibson, K.D., Neuberger, A. and Tait, G.H. Studies on the biosynthesis of porphyrin and bacteriochlorophyll by Rhodopseudomonas spheroides. 4. S-Adenosylmethioninemagnesium protoporphyrin methyltransferase. Biochem. J. 88 (1963) 325–334. [PMID: 14063871] |
| 2. |
Shepherd, M., Reid, J.D. and Hunter, C.N. Purification and kinetic characterisation of the magnesium protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase from Synechocystis PCC6803. Biochem. J. 371 (2003) 351–360. [DOI] [PMID: 12489983] |
| 3. |
Bollivar, D.W., Jiang, Z.Y., Bauer, C.E. and Beale, S.I. Heterologous expression of the bchM gene product from Rhodobacter capsulatus and demonstration that it encodes S-adenosyl-L-methionine:Mg-protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase. J. Bacteriol. 176 (1994) 5290–5296. [DOI] [PMID: 8071204] |
| 4. |
Gibson, L.C. and Hunter, C.N. The bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis gene, bchM, of Rhodobacter sphaeroides encodes S-adenosyl-L-methionine: Mg protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase. FEBS Lett. 352 (1994) 127–130. [DOI] [PMID: 7925960] |
| 5. |
Ebbon, J.G. and Tait, G.H. Studies on S-adenosylmethionine-magnesium protoporphyrin methyltransferase in Euglena gracilis strain Z. Biochem. J. 111 (1969) 573–582. [PMID: 5774480] |
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