EC 4.4.1.11

Methionine γ-lyase

Mechanism

Mechanism based on that proposed by Davis, L. and Metzler, D.E. Pyridoxal-linked elimination and repalcement reactions. In Boyer, P.D. (Ed.), The Enzymes, 3rd edn., vol. 7, Academic Press, New York, 1972, pp. 33-74; confirmed for this enzyme by Esaki, N., Nakayama, T., Sawada, S., Tanaka, H. and Soda, K. 1H NMR Studies of substrate hydrogen exchange reactions catalyzed by L-methionine γ-lyase. Biochemistry 24 (1985) 3857-3862. [PMID: 4052371]

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