N-6 DNA Methylase | |||||||||
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![]() crystal structure of type i restriction enzyme ecoki m protein (ec 2.1.1.72) (m.ecoki) | |||||||||
Identifiers | |||||||||
Symbol | N6_Mtase | ||||||||
Pfam | PF02384 | ||||||||
Pfam clan | CL0063 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR003356 | ||||||||
PROSITE | PDOC00087 | ||||||||
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HsdM N-terminal domain | |||||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||||
Symbol | HsdM_N | ||||||||
Pfam | PF12161 | ||||||||
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C-5 cytosine-specific DNA methylase | |||||||||
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![]() structure of human dnmt2, an enigmatic dna methyltransferase homologue | |||||||||
Identifiers | |||||||||
Symbol | DNA_methylase | ||||||||
Pfam | PF00145 | ||||||||
Pfam clan | CL0063 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR001525 | ||||||||
PROSITE | PDOC00089 | ||||||||
SCOP2 | 1hmy / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
CDD | cd00315 | ||||||||
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DNA methylase | |||||||||
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![]() crystal structure of methyltransferase mboiia (moraxella bovis) | |||||||||
Identifiers | |||||||||
Symbol | N6_N4_Mtase | ||||||||
Pfam | PF01555 | ||||||||
Pfam clan | CL0063 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR002941 | ||||||||
PROSITE | PDOC00088 | ||||||||
SCOP2 | 1boo / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
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In biochemistry, the DNA methyltransferase (DNA MTase, DNMT) family of enzymes catalyze the transfer of a methyl group to DNA. DNA methylation serves a wide variety of biological functions. All the known DNA methyltransferases use S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) as the methyl donor.