UniProt functional annotation for Q8SR66

UniProt code: Q8SR66.

Organism: Encephalitozoon cuniculi (strain GB-M1) (Microsporidian parasite).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Fungi incertae sedis; Microsporidia; Unikaryonidae; Encephalitozoon.
 
Function: mRNA-capping methyltransferase that methylates the N7 position of the added guanosine to the 5'-cap structure of mRNAs. Binds RNA containing 5'-terminal GpppC. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15760890}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=a 5'-end (5'-triphosphoguanosine)-(ribonucleoside) in mRNA + S-adenosyl-L-methionine = a 5'-end (N(7)-methyl 5'- triphosphoguanosine)-ribonucleoside in mRNA + S-adenosyl-L- homocysteine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:67008, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:17166, Rhea:RHEA- COMP:17167, ChEBI:CHEBI:57856, ChEBI:CHEBI:59789, ChEBI:CHEBI:156461, ChEBI:CHEBI:167617; EC=2.1.1.56; Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O43148, ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU00895};
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=1 mM for GTP {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15760890}; KM=25 uM for S-adenosyl-L-methionine {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15760890}; KM=0.1 mM for cap dinucleotide GpppA {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15760890};
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15760890, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16971388}.
Subcellular location: Nucleus {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the class I-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily. mRNA cap 0 methyltransferase family. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU00895}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.