Methionine synthase
BE0000734ProteinHumansMTR
Catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from methylcob(III)alamin (MeCbl) to homocysteine, yielding enzyme-bound cob(I)alamin and methionine in the cytosol (PubMed:16769880, PubMed:17288554, PubMed:27771510). It is acted on by 9 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- MTR
- UniProtKB entry
- Q99707Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm
- Residues / weight
- 1,265 residues · 140,526 Da
- Also known as
- 2.1.1.13 · 5-methyltetrahydrofolate--homocysteine methyltransferase · Cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase · MS · Vitamin-B12 dependent methionine synthase
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Methionine synthase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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