tryptophan 2-methyltransferase

Preferred Label : tryptophan 2-methyltransferase;

MeSH note : from Streptomyces laurentii; catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionine to the C-2 carbon of tryptophan resulting in alpha-methyltryptophan; involved in the biosynthesis of thiostrepton;

MeSH synonym : S-adenosylmethionine-tryptophan 2-methyltransferase;

Registry Number MeSH : EC 2.1.1.-;

Is substance : O;

Details

Origin ID

C063542;

UMLS CUI

C0640521;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Methyltransferase [NCIt concept]
MeSH term(s) associated for indexing
- methyltransferases [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- tryptophan 2-methyltransferase [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein [UMLS semantic type]
- Enzyme [UMLS semantic type]

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