Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + norbelladine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 4'-O-methylnorbelladine
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Glossary: norbelladine = 4-({[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]amino}methyl)benzene-1,2-diol
4'-O-methylnorbelladine = 5-({[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]amino}methyl)-2-methoxyphenol
Other name(s): N4OMT1 (gene name)
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:norbelladine O-methyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the plants Nerine bowdenii and Narcissus pseudonarcissus (daffodil), participates in the biosynthesis of alkaloids produced by plants that belong to the Amaryllidaceae family.
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References:
1. Mann, J.D., Fales, H.M. and Mudd, S.H. Alkaloids and plant metabolism. VI. O-methylation in vitro of norbelladine, a precursor of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids. J. Biol. Chem. 238 (1963) 3820-3823. [PMID: 14109227]
2. Kilgore, M.B., Augustin, M.M., Starks, C.M., O'Neil-Johnson, M., May, G.D., Crow, J.A. and Kutchan, T.M. Cloning and characterization of a norbelladine 4'-O-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the Alzheimer’s drug galanthamine in Narcissus sp. aff. pseudonarcissus. PLoS One 9 (2014) e103223. [PMID: 25061748]