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Squalene methyltransferase

Field	Value
Name	Squalene methyltransferase
EC_number	2.1.1.262

Squalene methyltransferase (, TMT-1, TMT-2) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:squalene C-methyltransferase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

: 2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + squalene \rightleftharpoons 2 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 3,22-dimethyl-1,2,23,24-tetradehydro-2,3,22,23-tetrahydrosqualene (overall reaction) :(1a) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + squalene \rightleftharpoons S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 3-methyl-1,2-didehydro-2,3-dihydrosqualene :(1b) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 3-methyl-1,2-didehydro-2,3-dihydrosqualene \rightleftharpoons S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 3,22-dimethyl-1,2,23,24-tetradehydro-2,3,22,23-tetrahydrosqualene

There are two isoforms in the green alga Botryococcus braunii BOT22 that differ in their specificity .

References

(March 2012). "Functional identification of triterpene methyltransferases from Botryococcus braunii race B". The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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