Reaction: 2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N-terminal L-alanine-[cypemycin] = 2 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N-terminal N,N-dimethyl-L-alanine-[cypemycin]
Other name(s): CypM
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:N-terminal L-alanine-[cypemycin] N-methyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme, isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces sp. OH-4156, can methylate a variety of linear oligopeptides, cyclic peptides such as nisin and haloduracin, and the ε-amino group of lysine [2]. Cypemycin is a peptide antibiotic, a member of the linaridins, a class of posttranslationally modified ribosomally synthesized peptides.
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References:
1. Claesen, J. and Bibb, M. Genome mining and genetic analysis of cypemycin biosynthesis reveal an unusual class of posttranslationally modified peptides. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107 (2010) 16297-16302. [PMID: 20805503]
2. Zhang, Q. and van der Donk, W.A. Catalytic promiscuity of a bacterial α-N-methyltransferase. FEBS Lett 586 (2012) 3391-3397. [PMID: 22841713]