Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + (±)-pavine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-methylpavine
Other name(s): PavNMT
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:(±)-pavine N-methyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme, isolated from the plant Thalictrum flavum, also methylates (R,S)-stylopine and (S)-scoulerine (11%) with lower activity (14% and 11%, respectively).
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References:
1. Jain, A., Ziegler, J., Liscombe, D.K., Facchini, P.J., Tucker, P.A. and Panjikar, S. Purification, crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of pavine N-methyltransferase from Thalictrum flavum. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 64 (2008) 1066-1069. [PMID: 18997344]
2. Liscombe, D.K., Ziegler, J., Schmidt, J., Ammer, C. and Facchini, P.J. Targeted metabolite and transcript profiling for elucidating enzyme function: isolation of novel N-methyltransferases from three benzylisoquinoline alkaloid-producing species. Plant J. 60 (2009) 729-743. [PMID: 19624470]