ENTRY EC 2.1.1.56
NAME mRNA (guanine-N7-)-methyltransferase
CLASS Transferases
Transferring one-carbon groups
Methyltransferases
SYSNAME S-Adenosyl-L-methionine:mRNA (guanine-N7-)-methyltransferase
REACTION S-Adenosyl-L-methionine + G(5')pppR-RNA =
S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine +
m7G(5')pppR-RNA (mRNA containing an N7-methylguanine cap)
SUBSTRATE S-Adenosyl-L-methionine
G(5')pppR-RNA
PRODUCT S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine
m7G(5')pppR-RNA (mRNA containing an N7-methylguanine cap)
COMMENT R may be guanosine or adenosine.
DBLINKS University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 2.1.1.56
WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 2.1.1.56
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