PMID: 8605285Dec 1, 1995Paper

Enzymatic methylation of arsenic compounds: assay, partial purification, and properties of arsenite methyltransferase and monomethylarsonic acid methyltransferase of rabbit liver

Chemical Research in Toxicology
R A ZakharyanH V Aposhian

Abstract

A rapid, accurate, in vitro assay utilizing radioactive S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) has been developed for the methylation of arsenite and monomethylarsonate (MMA) by rabbit liver methyltransferases. The assay has been validated by separating, identifying, and measuring the products of the reaction using chloroform extraction, ion exchange chromatography, TLC, or HPLC. The enzymes involved in this pathway, arsenite methyltransferase and MMA methyltransferase, have been purified approximately 2000-fold from rabbit liver. After gel electrophoresis, a single band is obtained with both enzyme activities in it. The pH optima for purified arsenite methyltransferase and monomethylarsonic acid methyltransferase are 8.2 and 8.0, respectively. A thiol, S-adenosylmethionine, and arsenite are required for the partially purified arsenite methyltransferase that catalyzes the synthesis of monomethylarsonate. A different enzyme activity that catalyzes the methylation of monomethylarsonate to dimethylarsinate also requires SAM and a thiol. Even though arsenite methyltransferase and monomethylarsonate methyltransferase have different substrates, pH optima, and saturation concentrations for their substrates, whether the two activities are present ...Continue Reading

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