Cobalt-precorrin-7 (C15)-methyltransferase (decarboxylating)
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Template:Infobox enzyme Cobalt-precorrin-7 (C15)-methyltransferase (decarboxylating) (Template:EC number, CbiT) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:precorrin-7 C15-methyltransferase (C12-decarboxylating).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
This enzyme catalyses both methylation at C-15 and decarboxylation of the C-12 acetate side chain of cobalt-precorrin-7 in the anaerobic pathway[3] of adenosylcobalamin biosynthesis in bacteria such as Salmonella typhimurium, Bacillus megaterium, and Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. shermanii.
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