UniProt functional annotation for Q92RS8

UniProt code: Q92RS8.

Organism: Rhizobium meliloti (strain 1021) (Ensifer meliloti) (Sinorhizobium meliloti).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Rhizobiaceae; Sinorhizobium/Ensifer group; Sinorhizobium.
 
Function: Specifically methylates the N3 position of the uracil ring of uridine 1498 (m3U1498) in 16S rRNA. Acts on the fully assembled 30S ribosomal subunit. {ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR015601}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=S-adenosyl-L-methionine + uridine(1498) in 16S rRNA = H(+) + N(3)-methyluridine(1498) in 16S rRNA + S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:42920, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:10283, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:10284, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:57856, ChEBI:CHEBI:59789, ChEBI:CHEBI:65315, ChEBI:CHEBI:74502; EC=2.1.1.193; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00000792, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR015601};
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00004496, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR015601}.
Similarity: Belongs to the RNA methyltransferase RsmE family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00005528, ECO:0000256|PIRNR:PIRNR015601}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.