Fatty-acid O-methyltransferase

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In enzymology, a fatty-acid O-methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.15) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a fatty acid S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a fatty acid methyl ester

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are S-adenosyl methionine and fatty acid, whereas its two products are S-adenosylhomocysteine and fatty acid methyl ester.

This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those transferring one-carbon group methyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is S-adenosyl-L-methionine:fatty-acid O-methyltransferase. Other names in common use include fatty acid methyltransferase, and fatty acid O-methyltransferase.

[edit] References

• IUBMB entry for 2.1.1.15
• BRENDA references for 2.1.1.15 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 2.1.1.15
• PubMed Central references for 2.1.1.15
• Google Scholar references for 2.1.1.15
• Akamatsu Y, Law JH (1970). "The enzymatic synthesis of fatty acid methyl esters by carboxyl group alkylation". J. Biol. Chem. 245: 709–13. PMID 4984625. 

[edit] External links

The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 37256-89-6.

• IUBMB entry for 2.1.1.15

• KEGG entry for 2.1.1.15

• BRENDA entry for 2.1.1.15

• NiceZyme view of 2.1.1.15

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 2.1.1.15

• PRIAM entry for 2.1.1.15

• PUMA2 entry for 2.1.1.15

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 2.1.1.15

• MetaCyc entry for 2.1.1.15

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class

[edit] Gene Ontology (GO) codes

• EGO entry for GO code 0030733: fatty-acid O-methyltransferase

• AMIGO entry for GO code 0030733: fatty-acid O-methyltransferase