Journal article
S-Adenosyl- l-methionine: Beyond the universal methyl group donor
Phytochemistry (Oxford), Vol.67(15), pp.1686-1698
2006
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114948
PMID: 16766004
Abstract
S-Adenosyl-
l-methionine is the source of methyl, aminopropyl, carboxypropyl, and other moieties for numerous enzyme-catalyzed reactions in plants.
S-Adenosyl-
l-methionine (AdoMet or SAM) is a substrate in numerous enzyme-catalyzed reactions. It not only provides methyl groups in many biological methylations, but also acts as the precursor in the biosynthesis of the polyamines spermidine and spermine, of the metal ion chelating compounds nicotianamine and phytosiderophores, and of the gaseous plant hormone ethylene. AdoMet is also the source of catalytic 5′-deoxyadenosyl radicals, produced as reaction intermediates by the superfamily of radical AdoMet enzymes. This review aims to summarize the present knowledge of catalytic roles of AdoMet in plant metabolism.
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- Title
- S-Adenosyl- l-methionine: Beyond the universal methyl group donor
- Creators
- Sanja Roje - Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, 299 Clark Hall, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
- Publication Details
- Phytochemistry (Oxford), Vol.67(15), pp.1686-1698
- Academic Unit
- Biological Chemistry, Institute of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900547905501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article