Protein N-terminal methyltransferase

Protein N-terminal methyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number	2.1.1.244
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Protein N-terminal methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.244, NMT1 (gene), METTL11A (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:N-terminal-(A,P,S)PK-(protein) methyltransferase.^[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(1) 3 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N-terminal-(A,S)PK-[protein] $\rightleftharpoons$ 3 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-terminal-N,N,N-trimethyl-N-(A,S)PK-[protein] (overall reaction)

(1a) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N-terminal-(A,S)PK-[protein] $\rightleftharpoons$ S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-terminal-N-methyl-N-(A,S)PK-[protein]

(1b) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N-terminal-N-methyl-N-(A,S)PK-[protein] $\rightleftharpoons$ S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-terminal-N,N-dimethyl-N-(A,S)PK-[protein]

(1c) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N-terminal-N,N-dimethyl-N-(A,S)PK-serine-[protein] $\rightleftharpoons$ S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-terminal-N,N,N-trimethyl-N-(A,S)PK-[protein]

(2) 2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N-terminal-PPK-[protein] $\rightleftharpoons$ 2 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-terminal-N,N-dimethyl-N-PPK-[protein] (overall reaction)

(2a) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N-terminal-PPK-[protein] $\rightleftharpoons$ S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-terminal-N-methyl-N-PPK-[protein]

(2b) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N-terminal-N-methyl-N-PPK-[protein] $\rightleftharpoons$ S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-terminal-N,N-dimethyl-N-PPK-[protein]

This enzyme methylates the N-terminus of target proteins containing the N-terminal motif [Ala/Pro/Ser]-Pro-Lys.

References

1. Webb, K.J., Lipson, R.S., Al-Hadid, Q., Whitelegge, J.P. and Clarke, S.G. (2010). "Identification of protein N-terminal methyltransferases in yeast and humans". Biochemistry 49: 5225–5235. doi:10.1021/bi100428x. PMID 20481588.
2. Tooley, C.E., Petkowski, J.J., Muratore-Schroeder, T.L., Balsbaugh, J.L., Shabanowitz, J., Sabat, M., Minor, W., Hunt, D.F. and Macara, I.G. (2010). "NRMT is an α-N-methyltransferase that methylates RCC1 and retinoblastoma protein". Nature 466: 1125–1128. doi:10.1038/nature09343. PMID 20668449.

External links

• Protein N-terminal methyltransferase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)