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EC 2.1.1.281 Details
EC number
2.1.1.281
Accepted name
phenylpyruvate C3-methyltransferase
Reaction
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 3-phenylpyruvate = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + (3S)-2-oxo-3-phenylbutanoate
Other name(s)
phenylpyruvate Cβ-methyltransferase, phenylpyruvate methyltransferase, mppJ (gene name)
Systematic name
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:2-oxo-3-phenylpropanoate C3-methyltransferase
Comment
The enzyme from the bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus NRRL3085 is involved in synthesis of the nonproteinogenic amino acid (2S,3S)-β-methyl-phenylalanine, a building block of the antibiotic mannopeptimycin.
History
created 2013
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