ID METE_ECO45 Reviewed; 753 AA. AC B7MH94; DT 14-APR-2009, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 10-FEB-2009, sequence version 1. DT 02-SEP-2026, entry version 85. DE RecName: Full=5-methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate--homocysteine methyltransferase {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172}; DE EC=2.1.1.14 {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172}; DE AltName: Full=Cobalamin-independent methionine synthase {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172}; DE AltName: Full=Methionine synthase, vitamin-B12 independent isozyme {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172}; GN Name=metE {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172}; GN OrderedLocusNames=ECS88_4257; OS Escherichia coli O45:K1 (strain S88 / ExPEC). OC Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; OC Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia. OX NCBI_TaxID=585035; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=S88 / ExPEC; RX PubMed=19165319; DOI=10.1371/journal.pgen.1000344; RA Touchon M., Hoede C., Tenaillon O., Barbe V., Baeriswyl S., Bidet P., RA Bingen E., Bonacorsi S., Bouchier C., Bouvet O., Calteau A., Chiapello H., RA Clermont O., Cruveiller S., Danchin A., Diard M., Dossat C., Karoui M.E., RA Frapy E., Garry L., Ghigo J.M., Gilles A.M., Johnson J., Le Bouguenec C., RA Lescat M., Mangenot S., Martinez-Jehanne V., Matic I., Nassif X., Oztas S., RA Petit M.A., Pichon C., Rouy Z., Ruf C.S., Schneider D., Tourret J., RA Vacherie B., Vallenet D., Medigue C., Rocha E.P.C., Denamur E.; RT "Organised genome dynamics in the Escherichia coli species results in RT highly diverse adaptive paths."; RL PLoS Genet. 5:E1000344-E1000344(2009). CC -!- FUNCTION: Catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from 5- CC methyltetrahydrofolate to homocysteine resulting in methionine CC formation. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172}. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=5-methyltetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate + L-homocysteine = CC tetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate + L-methionine; CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:21196, ChEBI:CHEBI:57844, ChEBI:CHEBI:58140, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:58199, ChEBI:CHEBI:58207; EC=2.1.1.14; CC Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172}; CC -!- COFACTOR: CC Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP- CC Rule:MF_00172}; CC Note=Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172}; CC -!- PATHWAY: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-methionine biosynthesis via de novo CC pathway; L-methionine from L-homocysteine (MetE route): step 1/1. CC {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the vitamin-B12 independent methionine synthase CC family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; CU928161; CAR05448.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR RefSeq; WP_000153955.1; NC_011742.1. DR AlphaFoldDB; B7MH94; -. DR SMR; B7MH94; -. DR KEGG; ecz:ECS88_4257; -. DR HOGENOM; CLU_013175_0_0_6; -. DR UniPathway; UPA00051; UER00082. DR Proteomes; UP000000747; Chromosome. DR GO; GO:0003871; F:5-methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate-homocysteine S-methyltransferase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule. DR GO; GO:0008270; F:zinc ion binding; IEA:InterPro. DR GO; GO:0071265; P:L-methionine biosynthetic process; IEA:UniProtKB-ARBA. DR CDD; cd03311; CIMS_C_terminal_like; 1. DR CDD; cd03312; CIMS_N_terminal_like; 1. DR FunFam; 3.20.20.210:FF:000002; 5-methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate--homocysteine methyltransferase; 1. DR FunFam; 3.20.20.210:FF:000003; 5-methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate--homocysteine methyltransferase; 1. DR Gene3D; 3.20.20.210; -; 2. DR HAMAP; MF_00172; Meth_synth; 1. DR InterPro; IPR013215; Cbl-indep_Met_Synth_N. DR InterPro; IPR006276; Cobalamin-indep_Met_synthase. DR InterPro; IPR002629; Met_Synth_C/arc. DR InterPro; IPR038071; UROD/MetE-like_sf. DR NCBIfam; TIGR01371; met_syn_B12ind; 1. DR NCBIfam; NF003556; PRK05222.1; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR30519; 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROPTEROYLTRIGLUTAMATE--HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; 1. DR Pfam; PF08267; Meth_synt_1; 1. DR Pfam; PF01717; Meth_synt_2; 1. DR PIRSF; PIRSF000382; MeTrfase_B12_ind; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF51726; UROD/MetE-like; 2. PE 3: Inferred from homology; KW Amino-acid biosynthesis; Metal-binding; Methionine biosynthesis; KW Methyltransferase; Reference proteome; Repeat; Transferase; Zinc. FT CHAIN 1..753 FT /note="5-methyltetrahydropteroyltriglutamate--homocysteine FT methyltransferase" FT /id="PRO_1000191199" FT ACT_SITE 694 FT /note="Proton donor" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 17..20 FT /ligand="5-methyltetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58207" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 117 FT /ligand="5-methyltetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58207" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 431..433 FT /ligand="L-homocysteine" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58199" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 431..433 FT /ligand="L-methionine" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:57844" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 484 FT /ligand="L-homocysteine" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58199" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 484 FT /ligand="L-methionine" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:57844" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 515..516 FT /ligand="5-methyltetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58207" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 561 FT /ligand="5-methyltetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58207" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 599 FT /ligand="L-homocysteine" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58199" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 599 FT /ligand="L-methionine" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:57844" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 605 FT /ligand="5-methyltetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:58207" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 641 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /ligand_note="catalytic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 643 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /ligand_note="catalytic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 665 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /ligand_note="catalytic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" FT BINDING 726 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /ligand_note="catalytic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00172" SQ SEQUENCE 753 AA; 84707 MW; 0CA717B0D206B045 CRC64; MTILNHTLGF PRVGLRRELK KAQESYWAGN STREELLAVG RELRARHWDQ QKQAGIDLLP VGDFAWYDHV LTTSLLLGNV PQRHQNNDGS VDIDTLFRIG RGRAPTGEPA AAAEMTKWFN TNYHYMVPEF VKGQQFKLTW TQLLEEVDEA LALGHKVKPV LLGPITYLWL GKVKGEQFDR LSLLNDILPV YQQVLAELAK RGIEWVQIDE PALVLELPQA WLNAYKPAYD ALQGQVKLLL TTYFEGVTPN LDTITALPVQ GLHVDLVHGK DDVAELHKRL PSDWLLSAGL INGRNVWRAD LTEKYAQIKD IVGKRDLWVA SSCSLLHSPI DLSVETRLDA EVKSWFAFAL QKCHELALLR DALNSGDTAA LAEWSAPIQA RRHSTRVHNP AVEKRLAAIT AQDSQRANVY EVRAEAQRAR FKLPAWPTTT IGSFPQTTEI RTLRLDFKKG NLDANNYRTG IAEHIKQAIV EQERLGLDVL VHGEAERNDM VEYFGEHLDG FVFTQNGWVQ SYGSRCVKPP IVIGDVSRPA PITVEWAKYA QSLTDKPVKG MLTGPVTILC WSFPREDVSR ETIAKQIALA LRDEVADLEA AGIGIIQIDE PALREGLPLR RSDWDAYLQW GVEAFRINAA VAKDDTQIHT HMCYCEFNDI MDSIAALDAD VITIETSRSD MELLESFEEF DYPNEIGPGV YDIHSPNVPS VEWIEALLKK AAKRIPAERL WVNPDCGLKT RGWPETRAAL ANMVQAAQNL RRG //