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Demethylrebeccamycin-D-glucose O-methyltransferase

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Demethylrebeccamycin-D-glucose O-methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.164, RebM) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:demethylrebeccamycin-D-glucose O-methyltransferase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2D representation of the chemical structure of Q27105177.
4'-demethylrebeccamycin
+ SAM
 
 
 
 
Rightward reaction arrow
 
 
 
+ SAH
 

This is the final step in the biosynthesis of rebeccamycin, an indolocarbazole alkaloid isolated from Nocardia bacteria.[3][4] It uses S-adenosyl methionine as a cofactor.[5]

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