Application | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
biotechnology | the enzyme is a target for metabolic engineering of crop species for drought tolerance by targeted alterations in isoprenylcysteine methylation | Arabidopsis thaliana |
Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
---|---|
the ICMT isozyme is encoded by the STE14A ICMT gene | Arabidopsis thaliana |
the ICMT isozyme is encoded by the STE14B ICMT gene | Arabidopsis thaliana |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
additional information | transgenic plants overproducing ICME exhibit abscisic acid hypersensitivity in stomatal closure and seed germination assays. Induction leads to demethylation and inactivation of isoprenylated negative regulators of abscisic acid signaling | Arabidopsis thaliana |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
additional information | Arabidopsis thaliana | the ICMT isozyme catalyzes the methylation of C-terminal isoprenylcysteines | ? | - |
? |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
Arabidopsis thaliana | - |
the ICMT isozyme is encoded by the STE14A ICMT gene | - |
Arabidopsis thaliana | Q93W54 | ICMT isozymes is encoded by the STE14B ICMT gene | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
additional information | the ICMT isozyme catalyzes the methylation of C-terminal isoprenylcysteines | Arabidopsis thaliana | ? | - |
? | |
additional information | isozyme substrate specificity, no activity with N-acetyl-S-trans-geranyl-L-cysteine, overview | Arabidopsis thaliana | ? | - |
? | |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N-acetyl-S-all trans-geranylgeranyl-L-cysteine | - |
Arabidopsis thaliana | S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-acetyl-S-all trans-geranylgeranyl-L-cysteine methyl ester | - |
? | |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N-acetyl-S-trans,trans-farnesyl-L-cysteine | - |
Arabidopsis thaliana | S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-acetyl-S-trans,trans-farnesyl-L-cysteine methyl ester | - |
? |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
Icmt | - |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
isoprenylcysteine methylesterase | - |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
STE14A | - |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
STE14B | - |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
Cofactor | Comment | Organism | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
S-adenosyl-L-methionine | - |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
Organism | Comment | Expression |
---|---|---|
Arabidopsis thaliana | abscisic acid promotes abscisic acid responsiveness of plant cells via induction of ICME expression | up |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
metabolism | the enzyme is involved in the farnesyl metabolism, overview | Arabidopsis thaliana |
physiological function | isoprenylcysteine methylation and demethylation positively regulate abscisic acid signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana via feedback mechanism involving demethylation and inactivation of isoprenylated negative regulators of abscisic acid signaling | Arabidopsis thaliana |