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4.4.1.11: methionine gamma-lyase

This is an abbreviated version!
For detailed information about methionine gamma-lyase, go to the full flat file.

Word Map on EC 4.4.1.11

Reaction

L-methionine
+
H2O
=
methanethiol
+
NH3
+
2-oxobutanoate

Synonyms

CalE6, EhMGL1, EhMGL2, fer1MgL2, Fn1419, L-methionase, L-methioninase, L-methionine gamma-lyase, L-methionine gamma-lyase 1, L-methionine-alpha-deamino-gamma-mercaptomethane lyase, L-methionine-alpha-deamino-gamma-mercaptomethane-lyase, L-methionine-gamma-lyase, lyase, methionine, MdeA, MegL, METase, methioninase, methionine alpha,gamma-lyase, methionine dethiomethylase, methionine gamma-lyase, methionine lyase, methionine-gamma-lyase, MGL, MGL1, MGL2, rMETase, sav7062, TvMGL1, TvMGL2, YtjE

ECTree

     4 Lyases
         4.4 Carbon-sulfur lyases
             4.4.1 Carbon-sulfur lyases (only sub-subclass identified to date)
                4.4.1.11 methionine gamma-lyase

Systematic Name

Systematic Name on EC 4.4.1.11 - methionine gamma-lyase

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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
L-methionine methanethiol-lyase (deaminating; 2-oxobutanoate-forming)
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. The enzyme cleaves a carbon-sulfur bond, releasing methanethiol and an unstable enamine product that tautomerizes to an imine form, which undergoes a hydrolytic deamination to form 2-oxobutanoate and ammonia. The latter reaction, which can occur spontaneously, can also be catalysed by EC 3.5.99.10, 2-iminobutanoate/2-iminopropanoate deaminase. The enzyme is involved in L-methionine catabolism.