Methylation of phytohormones by the SABATH methyltransferases

LJ Qu, S Li, SF Xing - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010 - Springer
In plants, one of the most common modifications of secondary metabolites is methylation
catalyzed by various methyltransferases. Recently, a new class of methyltransferases, the …

SABATH methyltransferases from white spruce (Picea glauca): gene cloning, functional characterization and structural analysis

N Zhao, B Boyle, I Duval, JL Ferrer, H Lin… - Tree …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Known members of the plant SABATH family of methyltransferases have important biological
functions by methylating hormones, signalling molecules and other metabolites. While all …

Evolution and Function of the Populus SABATH Family Reveal That a Single Amino Acid Change Results in a Substrate Switch

XM Han, Q Yang, YJ Liu, ZL Yang… - Plant and Cell …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Evolutionary mechanisms of substrate specificities of enzyme families remain poorly
understood. Plant SABATH methyltransferases catalyze methylation of the carboxyl group of …

Biochemical characterization in Norway spruce (Picea abies) of SABATH methyltransferases that methylate phytohormones

M Chaiprasongsuk, C Zhang, P Qian, X Chen, G Li… - Phytochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), gibberellins (GAs), salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid
(JA) exist in methyl ester forms in plants in addition to their free acid forms. The enzymes that …

GAMT2 Encodes a Methyltransferase of Gibberellic Acid That is Involved in Seed Maturation and Germination in Arabidopsis

S Xing, G Qin, Y Shi, Z Ma, Z Chen… - Journal of Integrative …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Salicylic acid methyltransferase (SAMT), benzoic acid methyltransferase (BAMT) and
theobromine methyltransferase (TH)(henceforth, SABATH) family proteins belong to a …

An Arabidopsis thaliana methyltransferase capable of methylating farnesoic acid

Y Yang, JS Yuan, J Ross, JP Noel, E Pichersky… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2006 - Elsevier
We previously reported the identification of a new family of plant methyltransferases (MTs),
named the SABATH family, that use S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) to methylate a carboxyl …

Plant SABATH Methyltransferases: Diverse Functions, Unusual Reaction Mechanisms and Complex Evolution

W Wang, H Guo, JL Bowman… - Critical Reviews in Plant …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
It has been a quarter century since salicylic acid methyltransferase, the founding member of
the plant SABATH enzyme family, was discovered. From making methyl benzoate to …

A SABATH Methyltransferase from the moss Physcomitrella patens catalyzes S-methylation of thiols and has a role in detoxification

N Zhao, JL Ferrer, HS Moon, J Kapteyn, X Zhuang… - Phytochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Known SABATH methyltransferases, all of which were identified from seed plants, catalyze
methylation of either the carboxyl group of a variety of low molecular weight metabolites or …

[HTML][HTML] Structural, biochemical, and phylogenetic analyses suggest that indole-3-acetic acid methyltransferase is an evolutionarily ancient member of the SABATH …

N Zhao, JL Ferrer, J Ross, J Guan, Y Yang… - Plant …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The plant SABATH protein family encompasses a group of related small-molecule
methyltransferases (MTs) that catalyze the S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent methylation …

Specific methylation of (11R)-carlactonoic acid by an Arabidopsis SABATH methyltransferase

T Wakabayashi, R Yasuhara, K Miura, H Takikawa… - Planta, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Main conclusion An Arabidopsis S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent
methyltransferase belonging to the SABATH family catalyzes the specific …