- S-adenosylmethionine cycle
A cyclic series of interconversions involving S-adenosylmethionine, S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, L-cysteine, and L-methionine. Couples utilization of the methyl group of SAM with recycling of the homocysteinyl group and regeneration of methionine.
- MIB complex
A mitochondrial intermembrane space bridging complex consisting of components of the MICOS complex in the inner mitochondrial membrane, the SAM complex in the outer membrane, a conserved DNAJ protein (human DNAJC11) and Metaxin 1.
- SAM domain binding
Binding to a SAM (Sterile Alpha Motif) domain, which is a 70-amino acid protein sequence that participates in protein-protein, protein-lipid, and protein-RNA interactions and is conserved from lower to higher eukaryotes.
- TOM complex
A large mitochondrial outer membrane translocase complex that mediates transport of proteins into mitochondrial compartments. TOM transports beta-barrel precursors across the outer membrane and the sorting and assembly machinery (SAM complex) inserts them into the target membrane.
- 2-(3-amino-3-carboxypropyl)histidine synthase complex
A protein complex capable of catalysing the transfer of the 3-amino-3-carboxypropyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) to the histidine residue of translation elongation factor 2 (EF2), which is the first step in the biosynthesis of diphthamide. The complex is a Dph2 homodimer in archaea and a Dph1-Dph2 heterodimer in eukaryotes.