Halomethane Biosynthesis: Structure of a SAM-Dependent Halide Methyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana
Schmidberger, J.W., James, A.B., Edwards, R., Naismith, J.H., O'Hagan, D.(2010) Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 49: 3646-3648
- PubMed: 20376845 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201000119
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3LCC - PubMed Abstract: 
A product structure of the halomethane producing enzyme in plants ( Arabidopsis thaliana ) is reported and a model for presentation of chloride/bromide ion to the methyl group of S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) is presented to rationalise nucleophilic halide attack for halomethane production, gaseous natural products that are produced globally.
Organizational Affiliation: 
University of St Andrews, Department of Chemistry, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST UK.