ID   2.1.1.382
DE   methoxylated aromatic compound--corrinoid protein Co-methyltransferase.
CA   a methoxylated aromatic compound + Co(I)-[methoxylated-aromatic-compound-
CA   specific corrinoid protein] + H(+) = a phenol + methyl-Co(III)-
CA   [methoxylated-aromatic-compound-specific corrinoid protein].
CC   -!- This entry stands for a family of enzymes that have been
CC       characterized from acetogenic bacteria and archaeal species.
CC   -!- Different members of this family have different substrate
CC       specificity.
CC   -!- In the methanogenic archaeon Methermicoccus shengliensis the enzyme
CC       participates in methanogenesis from methoxylated aromatic compounds,
CC       while in acetogenic bacteria and in non-methanogenic archaea it
CC       participates in methoxydotrophic growth.
CC   -!- Most of the enzymes have a wide specificity and were shown to act on
CC       a large number of methoxylated aromatic compounds, carrying a methoxy
CC       group at positions 2, 3 or 4 of the aromatic ring.
CC   -!- Methylation of the corrinoid protein requires the central cobalt to
CC       be in the Co(I) state; during methylation the cobalt is oxidized to
CC       the Co(III) state.
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