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Information on EC 2.1.1.137 - arsenite methyltransferase and Organism(s) Homo sapiens

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     2 Transferases
         2.1 Transferring one-carbon groups
             2.1.1 Methyltransferases
                2.1.1.137 arsenite methyltransferase
IUBMB Comments
An enzyme responsible for synthesis of trivalent methylarsenical antibiotics in microbes or detoxification of inorganic arsenous acid in animals. The in vivo substrate is arsenic triglutathione or similar thiol (depending on the organism) , from which the arsenic is transferred to the enzyme forming bonds with the thiol groups of three cysteine residues via a disulfide bond cascade pathway [7, 8]. Most of the substrates undergo two methylations and are converted to dimethylarsinous acid . However, a small fraction are released earlier as methylarsonous acid, and a smaller amount proceeds via a third methylation, resulting in the volatile product trimethylarsane. Methylation involves temporary oxidation to arsenic(V) valency, followed by reduction back to arsenic(III) valency using electrons provided by thioredoxin or a similar reduction system. The arsenic(III) products are quickly oxidized in the presence of oxygen to the corresponding arsenic(V) species.
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The taxonomic range for the selected organisms is: Homo sapiens
The expected taxonomic range for this enzyme is: Bacteria, Eukaryota, Archaea
Synonyms
as3mt, arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase, n6amt1, has3mt, arsenite methyltransferase, cyt19, as(iii) s-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase, arsenic (iii) methyltransferase, arsenite s-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase, arsenic (+3) methyltransferase, more
SYNONYM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase
arsenic (+3) methyltransferase
arsenic (III) methyltransferase
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arsenic methyltransferase Cyt19
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arsenic(III) methyltransferase
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arsenite (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase
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ArsM
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ArsM protein
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AS3MT
Cyt19
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hAS3MT
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methylarsonite methyltransferase
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine:arsenic(III) methyltransferase
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:methylarsonite As-methyltransferase
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REACTION
REACTION DIAGRAM
COMMENTARY hide
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + arsenite = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methylarsonate
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reaction modelling, overview
REACTION TYPE
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
transfer of methyl group
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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:arsenous acid As-methyltransferase
An enzyme responsible for synthesis of trivalent methylarsenical antibiotics in microbes [11] or detoxification of inorganic arsenous acid in animals. The in vivo substrate is arsenic triglutathione or similar thiol (depending on the organism) [6], from which the arsenic is transferred to the enzyme forming bonds with the thiol groups of three cysteine residues [10] via a disulfide bond cascade pathway [7, 8]. Most of the substrates undergo two methylations and are converted to dimethylarsinous acid [9]. However, a small fraction are released earlier as methylarsonous acid, and a smaller amount proceeds via a third methylation, resulting in the volatile product trimethylarsane. Methylation involves temporary oxidation to arsenic(V) valency, followed by reduction back to arsenic(III) valency using electrons provided by thioredoxin or a similar reduction system. The arsenic(III) products are quickly oxidized in the presence of oxygen to the corresponding arsenic(V) species.
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
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167140-41-2
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SUBSTRATE
PRODUCT                       
REACTION DIAGRAM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY
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LITERATURE
(Substrate)
COMMENTARY
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LITERATURE
(Product)
Reversibility
r=reversible
ir=irreversible
?=not specified
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + arsenite
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methylarsonate
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine + arsenite
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methylarsonate + dimethylarsinous acid + dimethylarsinic acid
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine + arsenite
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + monomethylarsonate + dimethylarsinic acid
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine + methylarsonate
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + dimethylarsinous acid
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine + methylarsonate
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + dimethylarsinous acid + dimethylarsinic acid
show the reaction diagram
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine + methylarsonite
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + dimethylarsinate
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additional information
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NATURAL SUBSTRATE
NATURAL PRODUCT
REACTION DIAGRAM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY
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LITERATURE
(Substrate)
COMMENTARY
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LITERATURE
(Product)
REVERSIBILITY
r=reversible
ir=irreversible
?=not specified
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + arsenite
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methylarsonate
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine + methylarsonite
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + dimethylarsinate
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additional information
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COFACTOR
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
IMAGE
S-adenosyl-L-methionine
INHIBITOR
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
IMAGE
dimethylselenoxide
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weak activator of recombinant As(III)-methyltransferase, weak inhibitor of arsenite methylation in hepatocytes
glutathione
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addition of 20 mM GSH sharply inhibits methylation
GSH
addition of GSH stimulates the overall rate for As methylation, but inhibits formation of trimethylarsenite
methylselenic acid
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Sodium selenite
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trimethyl-selenonium iodide
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weak activator of recombinant As(III)-methyltransferase, weak inhibitor of arsenite methylation in hepatocytes
ACTIVATING COMPOUND
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
IMAGE
dimethylselenoxide
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weak activator of recombinant As(III)-methyltransferase, weak inhibitor of arsenite methylation in hepatocytes
glutathione
thioredoxin
dependent on, activates formation of methyl arsenic, dimethyl arsenic, and trimethyl arsenic
trimethyl-selenonium iodide
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weak activator of recombinant As(III)-methyltransferase, weak inhibitor of arsenite methylation in hepatocytes
KM VALUE [mM]
SUBSTRATE
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
IMAGE
0.0012 - 0.0185
arsenite
0.0007 - 0.003
methylarsonate
0.0031 - 0.0512
S-adenosyl-L-methionine
pH OPTIMUM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
7 - 7.4
assay at
pH RANGE
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
7 - 10
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TEMPERATURE OPTIMUM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
37
assay at
ORGANISM
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
UNIPROT
SEQUENCE DB
SOURCE
SOURCE TISSUE
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
SOURCE
additional information
LOCALIZATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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GeneOntology No.
LITERATURE
SOURCE
GENERAL INFORMATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
metabolism
physiological function
UNIPROT
ENTRY NAME
ORGANISM
NO. OF AA
NO. OF TRANSM. HELICES
MOLECULAR WEIGHT[Da]
SOURCE
SEQUENCE
LOCALIZATION PREDICTION?
AS3MT_HUMAN
375
0
41748
Swiss-Prot
other Location (Reliability: 1)
N6MT1_HUMAN
214
0
22957
Swiss-Prot
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MOLECULAR WEIGHT
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
31100
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x * 31100, truncated exon-4 and -5 skipping (DELTA4,5) mutant form, calculated from amino acid sequence
41700
SUBUNIT
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
PROTEIN VARIANTS
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
C250S
the mutation favors S-adenosyl-L-methionine binding to the enzyme
C271S
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the mutation does not affect the activity and structure of the enzyme
C334S
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the mutation decreases the enzymatic turnover and changes the conformation of the enzyme
C360S
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the mutation decreases the enzymatic turnover and changes the conformation of the enzyme
C375S
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the mutation does not affect the activity and structure of the enzyme
C72S
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the mutant is completely inactive
D102N
inactive
D102P
inactive
D150N
the mutant shows reduced activity compared to the wild type enzyme
D150P
inactive
D76N
inactive
D76P
inactive
D84N
inactive
D84P
inactive
G134A
the mutant’s activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
G60A
inactive
G80A
inactive
G82A
the mutant’s activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
I101A
inactive
L160A
inactive
L77A
the mutant’s activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
M287T
N155A
inactive
R57A
the mutant's activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
R83A
the mutant’s activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
S81A
the mutant’s activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
T104A
the mutant’s activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
V157A
the mutant’s activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
V161A
the mutant’s activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
Y135A
the mutant’s activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
Y58A
the mutant’s activity is seriously impaired compared with that of wild type
additional information
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an exon-4 and -5 skipping (DELTA4,5) truncated mutant form does not convert arsenite to monomethylarsonate or dimethylarsinic acid
TEMPERATURE STABILITY
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
45
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the wild type enzyme exhibits about 40% residual activity after 120 min at 45°C
PURIFICATION (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
Ni Sepharose column chromatography, gel filtration
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Ni-NTA agarose column chromatography
nickel affinity His GraviTrap column chromatography
CLONED (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
after expression in COS-1 cells and correction for transfection efficiency, the Trp173 allozyme displays 31%, Thr287 350%, Ile306 4.8%, and Thr287/Ile306 6.2% of the activity of the wild type allozyme, with 20, 190, 4.4, and 7.9% of the level of wild-type immunoreactive protein, respectively
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DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, genotyping with method development and optimization, overview
expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) pLysS cells
expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) pLysS cells
expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)pLysS cells
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expressed in Escherichia coli DH10B cells
expression in UROtsa cell
gene arsM, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, sequence comparisons, phylogenetic analysis, genotype-phenotype correlations for arsenic methylation and AS3MT, recombinant expression
genotyping
APPLICATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
medicine
the proliferation of NB4 cells is significantly inhibited in a transwell system cocultured with AS3MT-transfected HepG2 cells after exposure to arsenite. The therapeutic efficacy of As2O3 (i.e., iAsIII) in acute promyelocytic leukemia patients is probably associated with the production of methylated arsenic metabolites by AS3MT
REF.
AUTHORS
TITLE
JOURNAL
VOL.
PAGES
YEAR
ORGANISM (UNIPROT)
PUBMED ID
SOURCE
Hayakawa, T.; Kobayashi, Y.; Cui, X.; Hirano, S.
A new metabolic pathway of arsenite: arsenic-glutathione complexes are substrates for human arsenic methyltransferase Cyt19
Arch. Toxicol.
79
183-191
2005
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Walton, F.S.; Waters, S.B.; Jolley, S.L.; LeCluyse, E.L.; Thomas, D.J.; Styblo, M.
Selenium compounds modulate the activity of recombinant rat AsIII-methyltransferase and the methylation of arsenite by rat and human hepatocytes
Chem. Res. Toxicol.
16
261-265
2003
Homo sapiens, Rattus norvegicus
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Lin, S.; Shi, Q.; Nix, F.B.; Styblo, M.; Beck, M.A.; Herbin-Davis, K.M.; Hall, L.L.; Simeonsson, J.B.; Thomas, D.J.
A novel S-adenosyl-L-methionine:arsenic(III) methyltransferase from rat liver cytosol
J. Biol. Chem.
277
10795-10803
2002
Rattus norvegicus (Q8VHT6), Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Drobna, Z.; Xing, W.; Thomas, D.J.; Styblo, M.
shRNA silencing of AS3MT expression minimizes arsenic methylation capacity of HepG2 cells
Chem. Res. Toxicol.
19
894-898
2006
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Thomas, D.J.; Li, J.; Waters, S.B.; Xing, W.; Adair, B.M.; Drobna, Z.; Devesa, V.; Styblo, M.
Arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase and the methylation of arsenicals
Exp. Biol. Med.
232
3-13
2007
Bos taurus, Bos taurus (Q58DQ0), Ciona intestinalis, Gallus gallus, Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Mus musculus, no activity in Caenorhabditis elegans, no activity in Drosophila melanogaster, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Pan troglodytes, Rattus norvegicus, Rattus norvegicus (Q8VHT6), Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Wood, T.C.; Salavagionne, O.E.; Mukherjee, B.; Wang, L.; Klumpp, A.F.; Thomae, B.A.; Eckloff, B.W.; Schaid, D.J.; Wieben, E.D.; Weinshilboum, R.M.
Human arsenic methyltransferase (AS3MT) pharmacogenetics: gene resequencing and functional genomics studies
J. Biol. Chem.
281
7364-7373
2006
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
De Chaudhuri, S.; Ghosh, P.; Sarma, N.; Majumdar, P.; Sau, T.J.; Basu, S.; Roychoudhury, S.; Ray, K.; Giri, A.K.
Genetic variants associated with arsenic susceptibility: study of purine nucleoside phosphorylase, arsenic (+3) methyltransferase, and glutathione s-transferase omega genes
Environ. Health Perspect.
116
501-505
2008
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Fujihara, J.; Soejima, M.; Koda, Y.; Kunito, T.; Takeshita, H.
Asian specific low mutation frequencies of the M287T polymorphism in the human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT) gene
Mutat. Res.
654
158-161
2008
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Fujihara, J.; Kunito, T.; Agusa, T.; Yasuda, T.; Iida, R.; Fujii, Y.; Takeshita, H.
Population differences in the human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT) gene polymorphism detected by using genotyping method
Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol.
225
251-254
2007
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Fujihara, J.; Yasuda, T.; Kato, H.; Yuasa, I.; Panduro, A.; Kunito, T.; Takeshita, H.
Genetic variants associated with arsenic metabolism within human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase show wide variation across multiple populations
Arch. Toxicol.
85
119-125
2011
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Sumi, D.; Fukushima, K.; Miyataka, H.; Himeno, S.
Alternative splicing variants of human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
415
48-53
2011
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Song, X.; Geng, Z.; Li, X.; Hu, X.; Bian, N.; Zhang, X.; Wang, Z.
New insights into the mechanism of arsenite methylation with the recombinant human arsenic (+3) methyltransferase (hAS3MT)
Biochimie
92
1397-1406
2010
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Song, X.; Geng, Z.; Li, X.; Zhao, Q.; Hu, X.; Zhang, X.; Wang, Z.
Functional and structural evaluation of cysteine residues in the human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (hAS3MT)
Biochimie
93
369-375
2011
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Ding, L.; Saunders, R.J.; Drobna, Z.; Walton, F.S.; Xun, P.; Thomas, D.J.; Styblo, M.
Methylation of arsenic by recombinant human wild-type arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase and its methionine 287 threonine (M287T) polymorph: Role of glutathione
Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol.
264
121-130
2012
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Li, X.; Geng, Z.; Chang, J.; Song, X.; Wang, Z.
Mutational analysis of residues in human arsenic (III) methyltransferase (hAS3MT) belonging to 5 A around S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)
Biochimie
107 Pt B
396-405
2014
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Sumi, D.; Himeno, S.
Role of arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase in arsenic metabolism and toxicity
Biol. Pharm. Bull.
35
1870-1875
2012
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Li, X.; Geng, Z.; Wang, S.; Song, X.; Hu, X.; Wang, Z.
Functional evaluation of Asp76, 84, 102 and 150 in human arsenic(III) methyltransferase (hAS3MT) interacting with S-adenosylmethionine
FEBS Lett.
587
2232-2240
2013
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Wang, S.; Li, X.; Song, X.; Geng, Z.; Hu, X.; Wang, Z.
Rapid equilibrium kinetic analysis of arsenite methylation catalyzed by recombinant human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (hAS3MT)
J. Biol. Chem.
287
38790-38799
2012
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Wang, S.; Geng, Z.; Shi, N.; Li, X.; Wang, Z.
The functions of crucial cysteine residues in the arsenite methylation catalyzed by recombinant human arsenic (III) methyltransferase
PLoS ONE
9
e110924
2014
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Tokumoto, M.; Kutsukake, N.; Yamanishi, E.; Katsuta, D.; Anan, Y.; Ogra, Y.
Arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase is a specific but replaceable factor against arsenic toxicity
Toxicol. Rep.
1
589-595
2014
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Sumi, D.; Takeda, C.; Yasuoka, D.; Himeno, S.
Hydrogen peroxide triggers a novel alternative splicing of arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase gene
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
480
18-22
2016
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Maimaitiyiming, Y.; Wang, C.; Xu, S.; Islam, K.; Chen, Y.J.; Yang, C.; Wang, Q.Q.; Naranmandura, H.
Role of arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase in arsenic mediated APL treatment an in vitro investigation
Metallomics
10
828-837
2018
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Zhang, H.; Ge, Y.; He, P.; Chen, X.; Carina, A.; Qiu, Y.; Aga, D.S.; Ren, X.
Interactive effects of N6AMT1 and As3MT in arsenic biomethylation
Toxicol. Sci.
146
354-362
2015
Homo sapiens (Q9HBK9), Homo sapiens (Q9Y5N5), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team