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Tellurite methyltransferase

Field	Value
Name	Tellurite methyltransferase
EC_number	2.1.1.265

Tellurite methyltransferase (, TehB) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:tellurite methyltransferase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + tellurite \rightleftharpoons S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methanetelluronate

The enzyme is involved in the detoxification of tellurite.

References

(November 2000). "Escherichia coli TehB requires S-adenosylmethionine as a cofactor to mediate tellurite resistance". Journal of Bacteriology.
(April 2011). "Structure and mechanism of the chalcogen-detoxifying protein TehB from Escherichia coli". The Biochemical Journal.

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