Reaction: trimethylammonioacetate + L-homocysteine = dimethylglycine + L-methionine
Other name(s): betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase; betaine-homocysteine transmethylase
Systematic name: trimethylammonioacetate:L-homocysteine S-methyltransferase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9029-78-1
References:
1. Klee, W.A., Richards, H.H. and Cantoni, G.L. The synthesis of methionine by enzymic transmethylation. VII. Existence of two separate homocysteine methylpherases on mammalian liver. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 54 (1961) 157-164.