Homocysteine methyltransferase: Information from Answers.com

Homocysteine methyltransferase is an enzyme which converts homocysteine to methionine. A deficiency in this enzyme leads to excess homocysteine, and the amino acid cysteine becomes essential.

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Transferase: one carbon transferases (EC 2.1)

2.1.1: Methyl-

N-	Histamine N-methyltransferase - Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase - Tryptamine N-methyltransferase - Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase

O-	5-hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase/Acetylserotonin O-methyltransferase - Catechol-O-methyl transferase

Homocysteine	Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase - Homocysteine methyltransferase - 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase

Other	Phosphatidyl ethanolamine methyltransferase - DNMT3B - Histone methyltransferase - Thymidylate synthase - DNA methyltransferase - Thiopurine methyltransferase

2.1.2: Hydroxymethyl-,
Formyl- and Related

Hydroxymethyltransferase	Serine hydroxymethyltransferase - 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate hydroxymethyltransferase

Formyltransferase	Phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase - Inosine monophosphate synthase - Glutamate formimidoyltransferase

Other	Aminomethyltransferase

2.1.3: Carboxy- and Carbamoyl

Carboxy	methylmalonyl-CoA carboxytransferase

Carbamoyl	Aspartate carbamoyltransferase - Ornithine carbamoyltransferase - Oxamate carbamoyltransferase - Putrescine carbamoyltransferase - 3-hydroxymethylcephem carbamoyltransferase - Lysine carbamoyltransferase - N-acetylornithine carbamoyltransferase

2.1.4: Amidino

Arginine:glycine amidinotransferase

Metabolism: amino acid metabolism · synthesis and catabolism enzymes (essential in CAPS)

K→acetyl-CoA

G→pyruvate
→citrate

glycine→serine→	Serine hydroxymethyltransferase · Serine dehydratase glycine→creatine: Guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase · Creatine kinase

alanine→	Alanine transaminase

cysteine→	D-cysteine desulfhydrase

threonine→	L-threonine dehydrogenase

G→glutamate→
α-ketoglutarate

G→propionyl-CoA→
succinyl-CoA

VALINE→	Branched chain aminotransferase · Branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex · Enoyl-CoA hydratase · 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase · 3-hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenase · Methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase

ISOLEUCINE→	Branched chain aminotransferase · Branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex · 3-hydroxy-2-methylbutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase

METHIONINE→	generation of homocysteine: Methionine adenosyltransferase · Adenosylhomocysteinase regeneration of methionine: MTR/Homocysteine methyltransferase · Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase conversion to cysteine: Cystathionine beta synthase · Cystathionine gamma-lyase

THREONINE→	Threonine aldolase

→succinyl-CoA→TCA	Propionyl-CoA carboxylase · Methylmalonyl CoA epimerase · Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase

G→fumarate


PHENYLALANINE→tyrosine→	Phenylalanine hydroxylase · Tyrosine aminotransferase · 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase · Homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase · Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase tyrosine→melanin: Tyrosinase

G→oxaloacetate


asparagine→aspartate→	Asparaginase/Asparagine synthetase · Aspartate transaminase

see also disorders, intermediates

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