Entry
Name
inositol 1-methyltransferase;
inositol D-1-methyltransferase;
S-adenosylmethionine:myo-inositol 3-methyltransferase;
myo-inositol 3-O-methyltransferase;
inositol 3-O-methyltransferase (name based on 1L-numbering system and not 1D-numbering);
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:myo-inositol 3-O-methyltransferase
Class
Transferases;
Transferring one-carbon groups;
Methyltransferases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:1D-myo-inositol 1-O-methyltransferase
Reaction(IUBMB)
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + myo-inositol = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 1D-1-O-methyl-myo-inositol [RN:
R01188 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
S-adenosyl-L-methionine [CPD:
C00019 ];
myo-inositol [CPD:
C00137 ]
Product
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine [CPD:
C00021 ];
1D-1-O-methyl-myo-inositol [CPD:
C03659 ]
History
EC 2.1.1.40 created 1972, modified 2002
Pathway
ec00562 Inositol phosphate metabolism
Reference
Authors
Wagner I, Hofmann H, Hoffmann-Ostenhof O.
Title
[Biosynthesis of cyclitols. 23. A soluble enzyme from pea seedlings methylating myo-inositol to D-bornesitol]
Journal
Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem 350:1460-4 (1969)
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 2.1.1.40
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 2.1.1.40
LinkDB
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