Reaction: a [methyl-Co(III) corrinoid Fe-S protein] + tetrahydrofolate = a [Co(I) corrinoid Fe-S protein] + 5-methyltetrahydrofolate
Other name(s): acsE (gene name)
Systematic name: 5-methyltetrahydrofolate:corrinoid/iron-sulfur protein methyltransferase
Comments: Catalyses the transfer of a methyl group from the N5 group of methyltetrahydrofolate to the 5-methoxybenzimidazolylcobamide cofactor of a corrinoid/Fe-S protein. Involved, together with EC 1.2.7.4, carbon-monoxide dehydrogenase (ferredoxin) and EC 2.3.1.169, CO-methylating acetyl-CoA synthase, in the reductive acetyl coenzyme A (Wood-Ljungdahl) pathway of autotrophic carbon fixation in various bacteria and archaea.
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References:
1. Roberts, D.L., Zhao, S., Doukov, T. and Ragsdale, S.W. The reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway: sequence and heterologous expression of active methyltetrahydrofolate:corrinoid/iron-sulfur protein methyltransferase from Clostridium thermoaceticum. J. Bacteriol. 176 (1994) 6127-6130. [PMID: 7928975]
2. Doukov, T., Seravalli, J., Stezowski, J.J. and Ragsdale, S.W. Crystal structure of a methyltetrahydrofolate- and corrinoid-dependent methyltransferase. Structure 8 (2000) 817-830. [PMID: 10997901]
3. Doukov, T.I., Hemmi, H., Drennan, C.L. and Ragsdale, S.W. Structural and kinetic evidence for an extended hydrogen-bonding network in catalysis of methyl group transfer. Role of an active site asparagine residue in activation of methyl transfer by methyltransferases. J. Biol. Chem. 282 (2007) 6609-6618. [PMID: 17172470]