Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables methionine adenosyltransferase activity. Acts upstream of or within S-adenosylmethionine biosynthetic process and cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor. Predicted to be part of methionine adenosyltransferase complex. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; eye; liver and biliary system; nervous system; and reproductive system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lung cancer. Orthologous to human MAT2A (methionine adenosyltransferase 2A).