Protein-S-isoprenylcysteine O-methyltransferase

ICMT
Identifiers
Symbol ICMT
Pfam PF04140
Pfam clan CL0115
InterPro IPR007269
OPM superfamily 344
OPM protein 4a2n
protein-S-isoprenylcysteine O-methyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number 2.1.1.100
CAS number 130731-20-3
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene Ontology AmiGO / EGO

The isoprenylcysteine o-methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.100) carries out carboyxl methylation of cleaved eukaryotic proteins that terminate in a CaaX motif. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Baker's yeast) this methylation is carried out by Ste14p, an integral endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein. Ste14p is the founding member of the isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase (ICMT) family, whose members share significant sequence homology.[1]

The enzyme catalyzes the chemical reaction

S-adenosyl-L-methionine + protein C-terminal S-farnesyl-L-cysteine S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + protein C-terminal S-farnesyl-L-cysteine methyl ester

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are S-adenosyl methionine and protein C-terminal S-farnesyl-L-cysteine, whereas its two products are S-adenosylhomocysteine and protein C-terminal S-farnesyl-L-cysteine methyl ester.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro IPR007269

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