Medical Definition of Diphthine methyltransferase
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Catalyses the transfer of three methyl groups from 5-adenosylmethionine to 2-(3-carboxy-3-aminopropyl)histidine (cg-1 precursor) to the amino group on carbon 3 of the side chain to form diphthine, a post-translational modified histidine
Registry number: EC 2.1.1.-
Synonym: met-ef-2 methyltransferase
(26 Jun 1999)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diphthine Methyltransferase
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