NCBI Accession #
NP_001105014.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001111544.1
NCBI Official Full Name
homocysteine S-methyltransferase 4
NCBI Official Symbol
hmt4
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
HMT-4; GRMZM2G039166
NCBI Protein Information
homocysteine S-methyltransferase 4
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
SMM:Hcy S-methyltransferase 4
UniProt Protein Name
Homocysteine S-methyltransferase 4
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
S-methylmethionine:homocysteine methyltransferase 4; SMM:Hcy S-methyltransferase 4; ZmHMT-4
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9FUM7
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9FUM7
UniProt Comments
Catalyzes methyl transfer from S-methylmethionine (SMM) to adenosyl-L-homocysteine (AdoMet). SMM degradation (by HMT-1, HMT-2, HMT-3 and HMT-4) and biosynthesis (by MMT1) constitute the SMM cycle in plants, which is probably required to achieve short term control of AdoMet level .