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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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