EC Number |
Reaction |
Reference |
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2.1.1.28 | S-adenosyl-L-methionine + phenylethanolamine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-methylphenylethanolamine |
ordered sequential reaction |
639436 |
2.1.1.28 | S-adenosyl-L-methionine + phenylethanolamine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-methylphenylethanolamine |
random binding mechanism with a kinetically preferred order of binding where S-adenosyl-L-methionine is the preferred first substrate |
639431 |
2.1.1.28 | S-adenosyl-L-methionine + phenylethanolamine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-methylphenylethanolamine |
to elucidate the detailed mechanism of enzymatic catalysis of PNMT, combined quantum-mechanical/molecular-mechanical (QM/MM) calculations are performed. The calculation results reveal that this catalysis contains three elementary steps: the deprotonation of protonated norepinphrine, the methyl transferring step and deprotonation of the methylated norepinphrine. The methyl transferring step is proved to be the rate-determining step undergoing a SN2 mechanism with an energy barrier of 16.4 kcal/mol |
718999 |