Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 3-phenylpyruvate = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + (3S)-2-oxo-3-phenylbutanoate
Glossary: 3-phenylpyruvate = 2-oxo-3-phenylpropanoate
(3S)-2-oxo-3-methyl-3-phenylpropanoate = (3S)-β-methyl-phenylpyruvate
Other name(s): phenylpyruvate Cβ-methyltransferase; phenylpyruvate methyltransferase; mppJ (gene name)
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:2-oxo-3-phenylpropanoate C3-methyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme from the bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus NRRL3085 is involved in synthesis of the nonproteinogenic amino acid (2S,3S)-β-methyl-phenylalanine, a building block of the antibiotic mannopeptimycin.
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References:
1. Huang, Y.T., Lyu, S.Y., Chuang, P.H., Hsu, N.S., Li, Y.S., Chan, H.C., Huang, C.J., Liu, Y.C., Wu, C.J., Yang, W.B. and Li, T.L. In vitro characterization of enzymes involved in the synthesis of nonproteinogenic residue (2S,3S)-β-methylphenylalanine in glycopeptide antibiotic mannopeptimycin. Chembiochem 10 (2009) 2480-2487. [PMID: 19731276]