InterPro domain: IPR026669

General Information

  • Identifier IPR026669
  • Description Arsenite methyltransferase-like
  • Number of genes 473
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Abstract

Methylation is an important reaction in the biotransformation of arsenic. Arsenite methyltransferase catalyses the transfer of a methyl group from AdoMet to trivalent arsenicals producing methylated and dimethylated arsenicals [ 1 ]. As well as arsenite methyltransferase, this family includes a variety of uncharacterised methyltransferases.


1. A novel S-adenosyl-L-methionine:arsenic(III) methyltransferase from rat liver cytosol. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 10795-803

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