Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + nicotinate = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methyl nicotinate
Glossary: methyl nicotinate = nicitinic acid methyl ester
Other name(s): NaMT1
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:nicotinate O-methyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme has been charcterized from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The product, methyl nicotinate, is involved in the transport of nicotinate to different parts of the plant.
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References:
1. Wu, R., Zhang, F., Liu, L., Li, W., Pichersky, E. and Wang, G. MeNA, controlled by reversible methylation of nicotinate, is an NAD precursor that undergoes long-distance transport in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 11 (2018) 1264-1277. [PMID: 30055263]