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Mutations in the B12-binding region of methionine synthase: how the protein controls methylcobalamin reactivity.
Biochemistry - 20 Feb 1996
Jarrett J T, Amaratunga M, Drennan C L, Scholten J D, Sands R H, Ludwig M L, Matthews R G
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin B12-dependent methionine synthase catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from methyltetrahydrofolate to homocysteine via the enzyme-bound cofactor methylcobalamin. To carry out this reaction, the enzyme must alternately stabilize six-coordinate methylcobalamin and four-coordinate cob(I)alamin oxidation states. The lower axial ligand to the cobalt in free methylcobalamin is the dimethylbenzimidazole...
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