Editing Chloromethane (section)

===Biogenesis===
The [[salt marsh]] plant ''[[Batis maritima]]'' contains the enzyme [[methyl chloride transferase]] that catalyzes the synthesis of CH<sub>3</sub>Cl from S-adenosine-L-methionine and chloride.<ref name=Ni >{{cite journal |vauthors=Ni X, Hager LP| year = 1998 | title = cDNA Cloning of ''Batis maritima'' Methyl Chloride Transferase and Purification of the Enzyme | journal = Proc Natl Acad Sci USA | volume = 95 | pages = 12866–71 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.95.22.12866 | pmid = 9789006 | issue = 22 | pmc = 23635| bibcode = 1998PNAS...9512866N | doi-access = free }}</ref> This protein has been purified and expressed in ''[[E. coli]]'', and seems to be present in other organisms such as white rot fungi (''[[Phellinus pomaceus]]''), red algae (''[[Endocladia muricata]]''), and the ice plant (''[[Mesembryanthemum crystallinum]]''), each of which is a known CH<sub>3</sub>Cl producer.<ref name=Ni/><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Ni X, Hager LP| year = 1999 | title = Expression of ''Batis maritima'' Methyl Chloride Transferase in ''Escherichia coli'' | journal = Proc Natl Acad Sci USA | volume = 96 | pages = 3611–5 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.96.7.3611 | pmid = 10097085 | issue = 7 | pmc = 22342| bibcode = 1999PNAS...96.3611N | doi-access = free }}</ref>