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 …

Known members of the plant SABATH family of methyltransferases have important biological
functions by methylating hormones, signalling molecules and other metabolites. While all …

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 …

Evolutionary mechanisms of substrate specificities of enzyme families remain poorly
understood. Plant SABATH methyltransferases catalyze methylation of the carboxyl group of …

ABSTRACT SABATH methyltransferases convent plant small-molecule metabolites into
volatile methyl esters, which play important roles in many biological processes and defense …

In plants, one of the most common modifications of secondary metabolites is methylation
catalyzed by various methyltransferases. Recently, a new class of methyltransferases, the …

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 …

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 …

Methyl jasmonate is a metabolite known to be produced by many plants and has roles in
diverse biological processes. It is biosynthesized by the action of S-adenosyl-l-methionine …

Next-generation sequencing has resulted in an explosion of available data, much of which
remains unstudied in terms of biochemical function; yet, experimental characterization of …