Methyltransferases bacterial

Fig. 6. Distribution of the most common folds in selected bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic proteomes. The vertical axis shows the fraction of all predicted folds in the respective proteome. Fold name abbreviations FAD/NAD, FAD/NAD(P)-binding Rossman-like domains TIM, TIM-barrel domains SAM-MTR, S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases PK, serine-threonine protein kinases PP-Loop, ATP pyrophosphatases. mge, Mycoplasma genitalium rpr, Rickettsiaprowazekii hh x, Borrelia burgdorferi ctr, Chlamydia trachomatis hpy, Helicobacter pylori tma, Thermotoga maritima ssp, Synechocystis sp. mtu, Mycobacterium tuberculosis eco, Escherichia coli mja, Methanococcus jannaschii pho, Pyrococcus horikoshii see, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cel, Caenorhabditis elegans.

Cya n ocobalamin (Bir) Homocysteine methyltransferase Methylmalonyi CoA mutase Methionine, SAM Odd-carbon fatty acids, Val, Met, He, Thr MCC pernicious anemia. Also in aging, especially with poor nutrition, bacterial overgrowth of terminal ileum, resection of the terminal ileum secondary to Crohn disease, chronic pancreatitis, and, rarely, vegans, or infection with D. latum Megaloblastic (macrocytic) anemia Progressive peripheral neuropathy. ... 

The carboxyl-terminal domain of the mammalian enzymes is related to bacterial restriction methyltransferases. Journal of Molecular Biology, 203, 971-983. 

This cobalamin-dependent enzyme [EC 2.1.1.13], also known as methionine synthase and tetrahydropteroyl-glutamate methyltransferase, catalyzes the reaction of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate with L-homocysteine to produce tetrahydrofolate and L-methionine. Interestingly, the bacterial enzyme is reported to require 5-adenosyl-L-methionine and FADH2. See also Tetrahydropteroyl-triglutamate Methyltransferase... 

Figure 19-5 Schematic representation of an important chemotactic system of E. coli, S. typhimurium, and other bacteria. The transmembrane receptor activates the autokinase CheA, which transfers its phospho group to proteins CheY and CheB to form CheY-P and CheB-P. CheY-P regulates the direction of rotation of the flagella, which are distributed over the bacterial surface. CheR is a methyltransferase which methylates glutamate carboxyl groups in the receptor and modulates the CheA activity. CheZ is a phosphatase and CheB-P a methylesterase.

Bestor T, Laudano A, Mattaliano R, Ingram V. Cloning and sequencing of a cDNA encoding DNA methyltransferase of mouse cells. The carboxyl-terminal domain of the mammalian enzymes is related to bacterial restriction methyltransferases. J Mol Biol 1988 203 971-983. 

Highly populated protein domain families of H. pylori include (1) the cellular component Helicobacter outer membrane protein family (2) the sell family, which is associated with P-lactamase activity (3) members of the CagA and VacA protein families, which are secreted into host cells and are involved in pathogenesis (4) the ABC transporter family, which is associated with ATP-dependent transport of molecules across the membrane (5) the DNA methyltransferase protein domain family (6) the radical SAM (S-adenosylmethionine) family associated with various metabolic functions of pathogens and (7) the response regulator receiver domain family, which is involved in receiving the signal from the sensor domain in bacterial two-component systems. 

Type 2 MTs, also currently understood to function exclusively as OMTs, are found in all lignin-producing plants. This family is specific for coenzyme A derivatized phenylpropanoid compounds and appears to be less diverse in sequence and gene number than the type 1 family of MTs (Fig. 2.3). Based on database searches, type 2 OMTs consist of caffeoyl and feruloyl coenzyme-A specific OMTs (CCoAOMTs). The most closely related enzymes to plant CCoAOMTs are the mammalian small molecule methyltransferases, including catechol OMT and bacterial MTs involved in macrolide biosynthesis. 

The first committed step in TA and nicotine biosynthesis is catalyzed by putrescine JV-methyltransferase (PMT) (Fig.7.4).82 A PMT cDNA isolated from tobacco showed extensive homology to spermidine synthase from mammalian and bacterial sources.83 A-Methylputrescine is oxidatively deaminated to 4-aminobutanal, which undergoes spontaneous cyclization to form the reactive A-methyl-A1-pyrrolinium cation. Although the enzymes involved are unknown, the A-methyl-A1-pyrrolinium cation is thought to condense either with acetoacetic acid to yield hygrine as a precursor to the tropane ring, or with nicotinic acid to form nicotine. 

Fig. 4.1. Topology, conservation, andRHPmotif oftheStel4poI5. cerevisiae. (A) Hydropathy plots predict six transmembrane segments (TMs). In this model, the N-and C-termini are disposed toward the cytosol. TM 5 and 6 are proposed to form a helix-turn-helix hehcal hairpin within the membrane [25]. Fifteen unique Icmt protein sequences were ahgned using ClustalW 2.0.1.1 [27]. The blue residues denote amino acid identity and the magenta residues denote amino acid similarity. The C-terminal portion of the enzyme (136-239) contains the majority of the identical amino acids. (B) Sequence of the RHP motif, a C-terminal consensus sequence common to Icmt enzymes, a number of bacterial open reading frames, and two phosphatidyl-ethanolamine methyltransferases. Numbers denote the amino acid position in Stel4p.

Drotar A. G. A., Burton J., Tavernier J. E., and Eall R. (1987a) Widespread occurrence of bacterial thiol methyltransferases and the biogenic emission of methylated sulfur gases. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. S3, 1626-1644. 

Thiols formed by mammalian or bacterial jS-lyase in vivo are substrates for S-methyltransferase (Figure 14), an enzyme widely distributed in mammalian tissues. 

It was initially thought that these bacterial enzymes were the first examples of a large family of glutamate methyltransferases that could reversibly modify other bacterial and animal cell proteins and regulate their activity (Springer, Goy, and Adler, 1979). However, no further examples of this modification have been found to date in nature. 

In a different study, a search through a company compound collection was made in an attempt to find an inhibitor of the Erm family of methyltransferases. These bacterial enzymes produce resistance to the widely used macrol ide-1 inco sam inide- streptogram in B an-... 

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