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Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT)
1 reactions · 1 pathways
Cofactors used
What it does, reaction by reaction
1 reactions
Phospholipid Synthesis (Kennedy / CDP pathways) Lipid Metabolism · ER / Golgi
step 6
Irreversible/directional
Phosphatidylethanolamine + 3 SAM -> phosphatidylcholine + 3 SAH
Converts Phosphatidylethanolamine S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) into Phosphatidylcholine S-adenosylhomocysteine
› Notes
Hepatic salvage route to PC; a major consumer of SAM and a link to the methionine cycle.
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What accelerates and inhibits it
Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately
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No regulation recorded for this enzyme in the source documents.
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