Protein Name arsenite methyltransferase
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 57412
Gene Symbol

AS3MT

UniProt Q9HBK9 (AS3MT_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 90
Total Number of Articles : 144
Description

arsenite methyltransferase

Gene Summary

AS3MT catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) to trivalent arsenical and may play a role in arsenic metabolism (Lin et al., 2002 [PubMed 11790780]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

synonyms
  • arsenite methyltransferase
  • S-adenosyl-L-methionine:arsenic(III) methyltransferase
  • S-adenosylmethionine:arsenic (III) methyltransferase
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Properties