IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.1.1.181

Accepted name: 23S rRNA (adenine1618-N6)-methyltransferase

Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + adenine1618 in 23S rRNA = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N6-methyladenine1618 in 23S rRNA

Other name(s): rRNA large subunit methyltransferase F; YbiN protein; rlmF (gene name); m6A1618 methyltransferase

Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:23S rRNA (adenine1618-N6)-methyltransferase

Comments: The recombinant YbiN protein is able to methylate partially deproteinized 50 S ribosomal subunit, but neither the completely assembled 50 S subunits nor completely deproteinized 23 S rRNA [1].

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number:

References:

1. Sergiev, P.V., Serebryakova, M.V., Bogdanov, A.A. and Dontsova, O.A. The ybiN gene of Escherichia coli encodes adenine-N6 methyltransferase specific for modification of A1618 of 23 S ribosomal RNA, a methylated residue located close to the ribosomal exit tunnel. J. Mol. Biol. 375 (2008) 291-300. [PMID: 18021804]

[EC 2.1.1.181 created 1976 as EC 2.1.1.48, part transferred 2010 to EC 2.1.1.181]


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