ExplorEnz: EC 2.1.1.274

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2.1.1.274

Accepted name:

salicylate 1-O-methyltransferase

Reaction:

S-adenosyl-L-methionine + salicylate = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methyl salicylate

Glossary:

methyl salicylate = methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate

Other name(s):

SAMT; S-adenosyl-L-methionine:salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase; salicylate carboxymethyltransferase

Systematic name:

S-adenosyl-L-methionine:salicylate 1-O-methyltransferase

Comments:

The enzyme, which is found in flowering plants, also has the activity of EC 2.1.1.273, benzoate O-methyltransferase.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB

References:

1.	Ross, J.R., Nam, K.H., D'Auria, J.C. and Pichersky, E. S-Adenosyl-L-methionine:salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase, an enzyme involved in floral scent production and plant defense, represents a new class of plant methyltransferases. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 367 (1999) 9–16. [DOI] [PMID: 10375393]
2.	Negre, F., Kolosova, N., Knoll, J., Kish, C.M. and Dudareva, N. Novel S-adenosyl-L-methionine:salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase, an enzyme responsible for biosynthesis of methyl salicylate and methyl benzoate, is not involved in floral scent production in snapdragon flowers. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 406 (2002) 261–270. [DOI] [PMID: 12361714]
3.	Chen, F., D'Auria, J.C., Tholl, D., Ross, J.R., Gershenzon, J., Noel, J.P. and Pichersky, E. An Arabidopsis thaliana gene for methylsalicylate biosynthesis, identified by a biochemical genomics approach, has a role in defense. Plant J. 36 (2003) 577–588. [DOI] [PMID: 14617060]
4.	Zubieta, C., Ross, J.R., Koscheski, P., Yang, Y., Pichersky, E. and Noel, J.P. Structural basis for substrate recognition in the salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase family. Plant Cell 15 (2003) 1704–1716. [DOI] [PMID: 12897246]

[EC 2.1.1.274 created 2013]