CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Vaccinia Virus protein VP39
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

2.1.1.44
L-histidine N(alpha)-methyltransferase.
based on mapping to UniProt A0R5M8
3 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + L-histidine = 3 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + hercynine.
-!- Part of the biosynthetic pathway of ergothioneine.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

A0R5M8
EGTD_MYCS2
Mycolicibacterium smegmatis MC2 155
Histidine N-alpha-methyltransferase

PDB Structure

PDB 6FNT
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Inhibition and Regulation of the Ergothioneine Biosynthetic Methyltransferase EgtD.
Misson, L., Burn, R., Vit, A., Hildesheim, J., Beliaeva, M.A., Blankenfeldt, W., Seebeck, F.P.
ACS Chem. Biol.