EC 2.1.1.37: DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase
Reaction catalysed:
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + DNA = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + DNA containing 5-methylcytosine
Systematic name:
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase
Alternative Name(s):
- Cytosine 5-methyltransferase
- Cytosine DNA methylase
- Cytosine DNA methyltransferase
- Cytosine-specific DNA methyltransferase
- DNA 5-cytosine methylase
- DNA cytosine C(5) methylase
- DNA cytosine c(5) methylase
- DNA cytosine methylase
- DNA methylase
- DNA methyltransferase
- DNA transmethylase
- DNA-cytosine 5-methylase
- DNA-cytosine methyltransferase
- Deoxyribonucleate methylase
- Deoxyribonucleate methyltransferase
- Deoxyribonucleic (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase
- Deoxyribonucleic acid (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase
- Deoxyribonucleic acid methylase
- Deoxyribonucleic acid methyltransferase
- Deoxyribonucleic acid modification methylase
- Deoxyribonucleic methylase
- EcoRI methylase
- HpaII methylase
- HpaII' methylase
- M.BsuRIa
- M.BsuRIb
- Methylphosphotriester-DNA methyltransferase
- Modification methylase
- Restriction-modification system
- Site-specific DNA-methyltransferase (cytosine-specific)
- Typ II DNA methylase
- Type II DNA methylase
GO terms
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
- not assigned
Cellular component:
- not assigned
Protein family (Pfam)![The deposited structure of PDB entry 6w8d contains 2 copies of Pfam domain PF00145 (C-5 cytosine-specific DNA methylase) in DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3A. Showing 1 copy in chain C [auth D].](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/static/entry/6w8d_1_D_Pfam_PF00145_image-200x200.png "The deposited structure of PDB entry <span class='highlight'>6w8d</span> contains 2 copies of Pfam domain <span class='highlight'>PF00145 (C-5 cytosine-specific DNA methylase)</span> in <span class='highlight'>DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3A</span>. Showing 1 copy in chain <span class='highlight'>C [auth D]</span>.")
InterPro annotations