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16S rRNA (guanine966-N2)-methyltransferase
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Class of enzymes
16S rRNA (guanine966-N2)-methyltransferase 2.1.1.171
16S rRNA (guanine966-N2)-methyltransferase (2.1.1.171, yhhF (gene), rsmD (gene), m2G966 methyltransferase) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:16S rRNA (guanine966-N2)-methyltransferase. Lesnyak DV, Osipiuk J, Skarina T, Sergiev PV, Bogdanov AA, Edwards A, Savchenko A, Joachimiak A, Dontsova OA Methyltransferase that modifies guanine 966 of the 16 S rRNA: functional identification and tertiary structure The Journal of Biological Chemistry 282 8 5880–7 February 2007 17189261 2885967 10.1074/jbc.m608214200 free This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + guanine966 in 16S rRNA S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N2-methylguanine966 in 16S rRNA
The enzyme efficiently methylates guanine966 of the assembled 30S subunits in vitro.
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16S+rRNA+(guanine966-N2)-methyltransferase
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