Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + precorrin-2 = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + precorrin-3A
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Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:precorrin-2 C20-methyltransferase
Comments: This enzyme participates in the aerobic (late cobalt insertion) cobalamin biosynthesis pathway. See EC 2.1.1.151, cobalt-factor II C20-methyltransferase, for the equivalent enzyme that participates in the anaerobic cobalamin biosynthesis pathway.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 131554-12-6
References:
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3. Debussche, L., Thibaut, D., Cameron, B., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F.J. Biosynthesis of the corrin macrocycle of coenzyme B12 in Pseudomonas denitrificans. J. Bacteriol. 175 (1993) 7430-7440. [PMID: 8226690]