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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Transferases > One-Carbon Group Transferases > Methyltransferases > 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate-Homocysteine S-Methyltransferase

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5-Methyltetrahydrofolate-Homocysteine S-Methyltransferase  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Homocysteine Methyltransferase, Methyltetrahydrofolate
  • Methionine Synthase
  • Methionine Synthetase
  • Methyltetrahydrofolate Homocysteine Methyltransferase
  • Methyltransferase, Methyltetrahydrofolate Homocysteine
  • Methyltransferase, Tetrahydropteroylglutamate
  • Synthase, Methionine
  • Synthetase, Methionine
  • Tetrahydropteroylglutamate Methyltransferase

Note

  • /defic: consider also HOMOCYSTINURIA

Scope note

  • An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of methionine by transfer of a methyl group from 5-methyltetrahydrofolate to homocysteine. It requires a cobamide coenzyme. The enzyme can act on mono- or triglutamate derivatives. EC 2.1.1.13.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013766

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