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metH:Gene Product(s)
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Nomenclature
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| Standard name |
MetH |
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| Synonyms |
homocysteine-N5-methyltetrahydrofolate transmethylase, B12-dependent[1], B4019[2][1], MetH[2][1] |
| Product description |
Methionine synthase, cobalamin-dependent; 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase; binds Zn(II)[3] |
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Function
Gene Ontology
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| Qualifier | GO ID | GO term name | Reference(s) | Evidence Code | with/from | Aspect | Notes | Status |
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| GO:0004156 |
dihydropteroate synthase activity |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
F |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0005622 |
intracellular |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
C |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0008168 |
methyltransferase activity |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
F |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0008270 |
zinc ion binding |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
F |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0008652 |
amino acid biosynthetic process |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
P |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0008705 |
methionine synthase activity |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
InterPro:IPR003759 |
F |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | ||
| GO:0008898 |
homocysteine S-methyltransferase activity |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
F |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0009086 |
methionine biosynthetic process |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
InterPro:IPR003759 |
P |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | ||
| GO:0009396 |
folic acid and derivative biosynthetic process |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
P |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0016740 |
transferase activity |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
F |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0031419 |
cobalamin binding |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
InterPro:IPR003759 |
F |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | ||
| GO:0044237 |
cellular metabolic process |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
P |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0046872 |
metal ion binding |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
F |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0050897 |
cobalt ion binding |
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation |
F |
Seeded from EcoCyc [4] |
complete | |||
| GO:0005737 |
cytoplasm |
C |
Seeded from Riley et al 2006 [1]. |
required fields missing | ||||
| GO:0006556 |
S-adenosylmethionine biosynthetic process |
P |
Seeded from EcoCyc 11.1[5]. |
required fields missing | ||||
| GO:0009257 |
10-formyltetrahydrofolate biosynthetic process |
P |
Seeded from EcoCyc 11.1[5]. |
required fields missing | ||||
| GO:0009236 |
cobalamin biosynthetic process |
P |
Seeded from EcoCyc 11.1[5]. |
required fields missing | ||||
| GO:0005737 |
cytoplasm |
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay |
C |
complete | ||||
| GO:0005737 |
cytoplasm |
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay |
C |
complete | ||||
| GO:0008705 |
methionine synthase activity |
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay |
F |
complete | ||||
| GO:0008168 |
methyltransferase activity |
Taylor and Weissbach (1971)[9] |
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay |
F |
complete | |||
| GO:0008898 |
homocysteine S-methyltransferase activity |
Taylor and Weissbach (1971)[9] |
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay |
F |
complete | |||
| GO:0009257 |
10-formyltetrahydrofolate biosynthetic process |
Taylor and Weissbach (1971)[9] |
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay |
P |
complete | |||
| GO:0008705 |
methionine synthase activity |
Taylor and Weissbach (1971)[9] |
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay |
F |
complete | |||
| GO:0008652 |
amino acid biosynthetic process |
Taylor and Weissbach (1971)[9] |
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay |
P |
complete | |||
| GO:0009086 |
methionine biosynthetic process |
Taylor and Weissbach (1971)[9] |
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay |
P |
complete | |||
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Interactions See Help:Product_interactions for help entering or editing information about gene product interactions in this section of EcoliWiki.
| Partner Type | Partner | Notes | References | Evidence |
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Protein |
Experiment(s):EBI-1147304 | |||
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Protein |
Experiment(s):EBI-1147304 | |||
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Protein |
Experiment(s):EBI-1147304 | |||
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Protein |
Experiment(s):EBI-1147304 | |||
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Small Molecule |
Cobalamin |
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Localization
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| Compartment | Description | Evidence | Source | Notes |
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Structure and Physical Properties
Physical Properties
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| Sequence |
MSSKVEQLRA QLNERILVLD GGMGTMIQSY RLNEADFRGE RFADWPCDLK GNNDLLVLSK PEVIAAIHNA YFEAGADIIE TNTFNSTTIA MADYQMESLS AEINFAAAKL ARACADEWTA RTPEKPRYVA GVLGPTNRTA SISPDVNDPA FRNITFDGLV AAYRESTKAL VEGGADLILI ETVFDTLNAK AAVFAVKTEF EALGVELPIM ISGTITDASG RTLSGQTTEA FYNSLRHAEA LTFGLNCALG PDELRQYVQE LSRIAECYVT AHPNAGLPNA FGEYDLDADT MAKQIREWAQ AGFLNIVGGC CGTTPQHIAA MSRAVEGLAP RKLPEIPVAC RLSGLEPLNI GEDSLFVNVG ERTNVTGSAK FKRLIKEEKY SEALDVARQQ VENGAQIIDI NMDEGMLDAE AAMVRFLNLI AGEPDIARVP IMIDSSKWDV IEKGLKCIQG KGIVNSISMK EGVDAFIHHA KLLRRYGAAV VVMAFDEQGQ ADTRARKIEI CRRAYKILTE EVGFPPEDII FDPNIFAVAT GIEEHNNYAQ DFIGACEDIK RELPHALISG GVSNVSFSFR GNDPVREAIH AVFLYYAIRN GMDMGIVNAG QLAIYDDLPA ELRDAVEDVI LNRRDDGTER LLELAEKYRG SKTDDTANAQ QAEWRSWEVN KRLEYSLVKG ITEFIEQDTE EARQQATRPI EVIEGPLMDG MNVVGDLFGE GKMFLPQVVK SARVMKQAVA YLEPFIEASK EQGKTNGKMV IATVKGDVHD IGKNIVGVVL QCNNYEIVDL GVMVPAEKIL RTAKEVNADL IGLSGLITPS LDEMVNVAKE MERQGFTIPL LIGGATTSKA HTAVKIEQNY SGPTVYVQNA SRTVGVVAAL LSDTQRDDFV ARTRKEYETV RIQHGRKKPR TPPVTLEAAR DNDFAFDWQA YTPPVAHRLG VQEVEASIET LRNYIDWTPF FMTWSLAGKY PRILEDEVVG VEAQRLFKDA NDMLDKLSAE KTLNPRGVVG LFPANRVGDD IEIYRDETRT HVINVSHHLR QQTEKTGFAN YCLADFVAPK LSGKADYIGA FAVTGGLEED ALADAFEAQH DDYNKIMVKA LADRLAEAFA EYLHERVRKV YWGYAPNENL SNEELIRENY QGIRPAPGYP ACPEHTEKAT IWELLEVEKH TGMKLTESFA MWPGASVSGW YFSHPDSKYY AVAQIQRDQV EDYARRKGMS VTEVERWLAP NLGYDAD |
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| Length |
1,227 |
| Mol. Wt |
135.998 kDa |
| pI |
4.8 (calculated) |
| Extinction coefficient |
136,600 - 138,225 (calc based on 40 Y, 14 W, and 13 C residues) |
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Structure
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Accessions in Other Databases
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Links
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References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Riley, M. et al. (2006) Nucleic Acids Res 34:1-6 (corrected supplemental data from B. Wanner)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 EcoCyc (release 10.6; 2007) Keseler, IM et al. (2005) Nucleic Acids Res. 33(Database issue):D334-7
- ↑ EcoGene: Rudd, KE (2000) EcoGene: a genome sequence database for Escherichia coli K-12. Nucleic Acids Res 28:60-4.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 EcoCyc (release 13.0; 2009) Keseler, IM et al. (2009) Nucleic Acids Res. 37(Database issue):D464-70
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 EcoCyc (release 11.1; 2007) Keseler, IM et al. (2005) Nucleic Acids Res. 33(Database issue):D334-7
- ↑ Jarrett JT et al. (1997) Purification and assay of cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase from Escherichia coli. Methods Enzymol 281: 196-213 PubMed EcoliWiki page
- ↑ Banerjee RV et al. (1989) Cloning and sequence analysis of the Escherichia coli metH gene encoding cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase and isolation of a tryptic fragment containing the cobalamin-binding domain. J Biol Chem 264: 13888-95 PubMed EcoliWiki page
- ↑ Hall DA et al. (2000) Interaction of flavodoxin with cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase. Biochemistry 39: 10711-9 PubMed EcoliWiki page
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Taylor, R.T. and Weissbach, H. NS-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine (Vitamin B12) methyltransferase (Escherichia coli B). Methods Enzymol. 17B (1971) 379-388.Taylor & Weissbach
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Arifuzzaman M et al. (2006) Large-scale identification of protein-protein interaction of Escherichia coli K-12. Genome Res 16: 686-91 PubMed EcoliWiki page
- ↑ Goulding CW et al. (1997) Cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase is a modular protein with distinct regions for binding homocysteine, methyltetrahydrofolate, cobalamin, and adenosylmethionine. Biochemistry 36: 8082-91 PubMed EcoliWiki page

