A yet to be identified enzyme with hydrogen selenide methyltransferase (HSeMT) activity is involved in the methylation of hydrogen selenide (H2Se) into methylselenol aka methaneselenol (MeSeH) in tandem with S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) transforming into S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy). This reaction is inferred from the event in rat (Ohta and Suzuki 2008, Hsieh and Ganther 1977).
Suzuki, KT, Ohta, Y
Ganther, HE, Hsieh, HS
hydrogen selenide methyltransferase activity of HSeMT [cytosol]
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