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EC 2.1.1.9     
Accepted name: thiol S-methyltransferase
Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a thiol = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a methyl thioether
Other name(s): S-methyltransferase; thiol methyltransferase; TMT
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:thiol S-methyltransferase
Comments: H2S and a variety of alkyl, aryl and heterocyclic thiols and hydroxy thiols can act as acceptors.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 9029-81-6
References:
1.  Borchardt, R.T. and Cheng, C.F. Purification and characterization of rat liver microsomal thiol methyltransferase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 522 (1978) 340–353. [DOI] [PMID: 623768]
2.  Bremer, J. and Greenberg, D.M. Enzymic methylation of foreign sulfhydryl compounds. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 46 (1961) 217–224.
3.  Weisiger, R.A. and Jakoby, W.B. Thiol S-methyltransferase from rat liver. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 196 (1979) 631–637. [DOI] [PMID: 485170]
[EC 2.1.1.9 created 1965]
 
 


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