Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + guanine1207 in 16S rRNA = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N2-methylguanine1207 in 16S rRNA
Other name(s): m2G1207 methyltransferase
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:16S rRNA (guanine1207-N2)-methyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme reacts well with 30S subunits reconstituted from 16S RNA transcripts and 30S proteins but is almost inactive with the corresponding free RNA [1]. The enzyme specifically methylates guanine1207 at N2 in 16S rRNA.
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References:
1. Tscherne, J.S., Nurse, K., Popienick, P. and Ofengand, J. Purification, cloning, and characterization of the 16 S RNA m2G1207 methyltransferase from Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 274 (1999) 924-929. [PMID: 9873033]
2. Sunita, S., Purta, E., Durawa, M., Tkaczuk, K.L., Swaathi, J., Bujnicki, J.M. and Sivaraman, J. Functional specialization of domains tandemly duplicated within 16S rRNA methyltransferase RsmC. Nucleic Acids Res. 35 (2007) 4264-4274. [PMID: 17576679]