Glycine/sarcosine/dimethylglycine N-methyltransferase

Glycine/sarcosine/dimethylglycine N-methyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number 2.1.1.162
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Glycine/sarcosine/dimethylglycine N-methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.162, GSDMT, glycine sarcosine dimethylglycine N-methyltransferase) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:glycine(or sarcosine or N,N-dimethylglycine) N-methyltransferase (sarcosine(or N,N-dimethylglycine or betaine)-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

3 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + glycine \rightleftharpoons 3 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + betaine (overall reaction)
(1a) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + glycine \rightleftharpoons S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + sarcosine
(1b) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + sarcosine \rightleftharpoons S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N,N-dimethylglycine
(1c) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N,N-dimethylglycine \rightleftharpoons S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + betaine

This enzyme from the halophilic methanoarchaeon Methanohalophilus portucalensis can methylate glycine and all of its intermediates to form the compatible solute betaine.

References

  1. Lai, M.C., Wang, C.C., Chuang, M.J., Wu, Y.C. and Lee, Y.C. (2006). "Effects of substrate and potassium on the betaine-synthesizing enzyme glycine sarcosine dimethylglycine N-methyltransferase from a halophilic methanoarchaeon Methanohalophilus portucalensis". Res. Microbiol. 157 (10): 948–955. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2006.08.007. PMID 17098399.

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