Structural highlights
Function
[CAMT_MEDSA] Methylates caffeoyl-CoA to feruloyl-CoA and 5-hydroxyferuloyl-CoA to sinapoyl-CoA. Plays a role in the synthesis of feruloylated polysaccharides. Involved in the reinforcement of the plant cell wall. Also involved in the responding to wounding or pathogen challenge by the increased formation of cell wall-bound ferulic acid polymers.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Caffeoyl coenzyme A 3-O-methyltransferases (CCoAOMTs) are S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent O-methyltransferases (OMTs) involved in lignin biosynthesis. Plant CCoAOMTs belong to a distinct family of OMTs, more closely related to the mammalian catechol OMTs than to other plant OMTs. The crystal structure of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) CCoAOMT in complex with the reaction products S-adenosine-l-homocysteine and feruloyl/sinapoyl CoAs presented here belong to a structurally and mechanistically distinct family of plant small molecule OMTs. These structures provide a new understanding of the substrate preferences and the catalytic mechanism accompanying CCoAOMT-mediated O-methylation of CoA-linked phenylpropanoid substrates.
Crystal structures of alfalfa caffeoyl coenzyme A 3-O-methyltransferase.,Ferrer JL, Zubieta C, Dixon RA, Noel JP Plant Physiol. 2005 Mar;137(3):1009-17. Epub 2005 Feb 25. PMID:15734921[1]
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References
- ↑ Ferrer JL, Zubieta C, Dixon RA, Noel JP. Crystal structures of alfalfa caffeoyl coenzyme A 3-O-methyltransferase. Plant Physiol. 2005 Mar;137(3):1009-17. Epub 2005 Feb 25. PMID:15734921 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.104.048751
