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].
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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]