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2.1.1.37: DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase

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Word Map on EC 2.1.1.37

Reaction

S-adenosyl-L-methionine
+
DNA containing cytosine
=
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine
+
DNA containing 5-methylcytosine

Synonyms

5-cytosine DNA methyltransferase, C5 MTase, C5-MTase, CG recognizing DNA methyltransferase SssI, CMT1, CMT3, cytosine 5-methyltransferase, cytosine carbon 5 DNA methyltransferase, cytosine DNA methylase, cytosine DNA methyltransferase, cytosine DNA MTase, cytosine-5 methyltransferase, cytosine-specific DNA methyltransferase, DCM, DCMT, 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, DMT1, DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferase, DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1, DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 2, DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3A, DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3B, DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 3A, DNA (cytosine-C5) methyltransferase, DNA 5-cytosine methylase, DNA cytosine C(5)-methyltransferase, DNA cytosine c5 methylase, DNA cytosine methylase, DNA cytosine methyltransferase, DNA cytosine-5 methyltransferase 1, DNA cytosine-5-methyltransferase 1, DNA cytosine-5-methyltransferase 3A, DNA cytosine-5-methyltransferase 3B, DNA methylase, DNA methyltransferase, DNA methyltransferase 1, DNA methyltransferase 3a, DNA methyltransferase-1, DNA MTase, DNA transmethylase, DNA-cytosine 5-methylase, DNA-cytosine methyltransferase, DNA-methyltransferase, DNMT, Dnmt1, Dnmt1 DNA-(cytosine-C5)-methyltransferase, DNMT1 methyltransferase, Dnmt1o, Dnmt2, Dnmt3, Dnmt3a, DNMT3B, DNMT3b2, DNMTB, DRM1/2, EC 2.1.1.73, EcoRI methylase, EcoRII DNA-cytosine methylase, EhMeth, hDNMT1, hhaIM, HpaII, M.BssHII, M.BsuRIa, M.BsuRIb, M.EcoHK31l, M.HhaI, M.HhaIII, M.MpeI, M.MspI, M.SsoII, M.Ssp6803I, M.SssI, MarII, MET1, MET1B, methylphosphotriester-DNA methyltransferase, methyltransferase, deoxyribonucleate, More, MspI DNA methyltransferase, MYPE4940, NSUN2, Nt-DRM1, SinI DNA methyltransferase, SsoII, ssoIIM, SSSI, sssIM, ssssIM, type II DNA methylase, Z2389, Zmt3

ECTree

     2 Transferases
         2.1 Transferring one-carbon groups
             2.1.1 Methyltransferases
                2.1.1.37 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase

Posttranslational Modification

Posttranslational Modification on EC 2.1.1.37 - DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase

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POSTTRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
phosphoprotein
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IL-6 enhances the nuclear translocation of DNA cytosine-5-methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) via phosphorylation of the nuclear localization sequence by the AKT kinase
proteolytic modification
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at blastula stage a proteolytic mechanism hydrolyses the enzyme present in all embryonic cells by removing a peptide of about 45000 Da from the amino terminal region of the 190000 Da enzyme initially synthesized on maternal transcripts. The resulting 145000 Da enzyme shows modified catalytic properties, different antibody reactivity and is rapidly destroyed in the few hours before gastrulation