ID BHMT1_XENLA Reviewed; 403 AA. AC Q5XGM3; DT 23-JAN-2007, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 23-NOV-2004, sequence version 1. DT 27-MAR-2024, entry version 83. DE RecName: Full=Betaine--homocysteine S-methyltransferase 1; DE EC=2.1.1.5; GN Name=bhmt; OS Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Amphibia; OC Batrachia; Anura; Pipoidea; Pipidae; Xenopodinae; Xenopus; Xenopus. OX NCBI_TaxID=8355; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. RC TISSUE=Kidney; RG NIH - Xenopus Gene Collection (XGC) project; RL Submitted (OCT-2004) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. CC -!- FUNCTION: Involved in the regulation of homocysteine metabolism. CC Converts betaine and homocysteine to dimethylglycine and methionine, CC respectively. This reaction is also required for the irreversible CC oxidation of choline (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=glycine betaine + L-homocysteine = L-methionine + N,N- CC dimethylglycine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:22336, ChEBI:CHEBI:17750, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:57844, ChEBI:CHEBI:58199, ChEBI:CHEBI:58251; EC=2.1.1.5; CC -!- COFACTOR: CC Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; CC Note=Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit. {ECO:0000250}; CC -!- PATHWAY: Amine and polyamine degradation; betaine degradation; CC sarcosine from betaine: step 1/2. CC -!- PATHWAY: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-methionine biosynthesis via de novo CC pathway; L-methionine from L-homocysteine (BhmT route): step 1/1. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Homotetramer. {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; BC084414; AAH84414.1; -; mRNA. DR RefSeq; NP_001088416.1; NM_001094947.1. DR AlphaFoldDB; Q5XGM3; -. DR SMR; Q5XGM3; -. DR MaxQB; Q5XGM3; -. DR DNASU; 495275; -. DR GeneID; 495275; -. DR KEGG; xla:495275; -. DR AGR; Xenbase:XB-GENE-1008388; -. DR CTD; 495275; -. DR Xenbase; XB-GENE-1008388; bhmt.L. DR OrthoDB; 66796at2759; -. DR UniPathway; UPA00051; UER00083. DR UniPathway; UPA00291; UER00432. DR Proteomes; UP000186698; Chromosome 1L. DR Bgee; 495275; Expressed in pancreas and 17 other cell types or tissues. DR GO; GO:0005737; C:cytoplasm; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0047150; F:betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-EC. DR GO; GO:0008270; F:zinc ion binding; IEA:InterPro. DR GO; GO:0006579; P:amino-acid betaine catabolic process; IEA:UniProtKB-UniPathway. DR GO; GO:0009086; P:methionine biosynthetic process; IEA:InterPro. DR GO; GO:0032259; P:methylation; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR Gene3D; 3.20.20.330; Homocysteine-binding-like domain; 1. DR InterPro; IPR017226; Betaine-hCys_S-MeTrfase_BHMT. DR InterPro; IPR003726; HCY_dom. DR InterPro; IPR036589; HCY_dom_sf. DR PANTHER; PTHR46120; BETAINE--HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR46120:SF1; HCY-BINDING DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN; 1. DR Pfam; PF02574; S-methyl_trans; 1. DR PIRSF; PIRSF037505; Betaine_HMT; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF82282; Homocysteine S-methyltransferase; 1. DR PROSITE; PS50970; HCY; 1. PE 2: Evidence at transcript level; KW Cytoplasm; Metal-binding; Methyltransferase; Reference proteome; KW Transferase; Zinc. FT CHAIN 1..403 FT /note="Betaine--homocysteine S-methyltransferase 1" FT /id="PRO_0000273222" FT DOMAIN 8..311 FT /note="Hcy-binding" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00333" FT BINDING 214 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00333" FT BINDING 296 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00333" FT BINDING 297 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00333" SQ SEQUENCE 403 AA; 44181 MW; D7FAFA7DD70F3782 CRC64; MAPVGAKKGL LERLDAGEVV IGDGGFVFAL EKRGYVKAGP WTPEAAVEHP EAVRQLHREF LRAGANVMQT FTFYASDDKL ENRGNYVAEK ISGQKVNEVA CDIAREVANE GDALVAGGVS QTPSYLSCKS EVEVKGIFRK QLDVFIKKNV DFLIAEYFEH VEEAVWAVEV LKESGKPVAA TLCIGPEGDL NGVSPGECAV RLAKAGASVV GVNCHFDPMT CVATVKLMKE GLVAAKVKAH LMTQPLAYHT PDCGKQGFID LPEFPFALEP RIVTRWDIHK YARAAYDLGV RYIGGCCGFE PYHTRAIAEE LAPERGFLPK GSEKHGSWGS GLEMHTKPWV RARARRDYWE KLPPASGRPY CPSMSKPDEW GVTKGDADLM QQKEATTEQQ LKDLIAKQGI KSN //