| Type: | Family | Name: | Protein-L-isoaspartate(D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase |
| Description: | Protein-L-isoaspartate(D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase () (PCMT) [] (which is also known as L-isoaspartyl protein carboxyl methyltransferase) is an enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionine to the free carboxyl groups of D-aspartyl or L-isoaspartyl residues in a variety of peptides and proteins. The enzyme does not act on normal L-aspartyl residues L-isoaspartyl and D-aspartyl are the products of the spontaneous deamidation and/or isomerisation of normal L-aspartyl and L-asparaginyl residues in proteins. PCMT plays a role in the repair and/or degradation of these damaged proteins; the enzymatic methyl esterification of the abnormal residues can lead to their conversion to normal L-aspartyl residues. The SAM domain is present in most of these proteins. | Short Name: | PCMT |
