METTL3
N6-adenosine-methyltransferase 70 kDa subunit (METTL3) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the METTL3 gene.[1]
This gene encodes the 70 kDa subunit of MT-A which is part of N6-adenosine-methyltransferase. This enzyme is involved in the post-transcriptional methylation of internal adenosine residues in eukaryotic mRNAs, forming N6-methyladenosine (m6A).[1]
References
Further reading
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- Bujnicki JM, Feder M, Radlinska M, Blumenthal RM (2003). “Structure prediction and phylogenetic analysis of a functionally diverse family of proteins homologous to the MT-A70 subunit of the human mRNA:m(6)A methyltransferase”. J. Mol. Evol. 55 (4): 431–44. doi:10.1007/s00239-002-2339-8. PMID 12355263.
- Leach RA, Tuck MT (2001). “Expression of the mRNA (N6-adenosine)-methyltransferase S-adenosyl-L-methionine binding subunit mRNA in cultured cells”. Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 33 (10): 984–99. doi:10.1016/S1357-2725(01)00071-1. PMID 11470232.
- Bokar JA, Shambaugh ME, Polayes D, et al. (1998). “Purification and cDNA cloning of the AdoMet-binding subunit of the human mRNA (N6-adenosine)-methyltransferase”. RNA. 3 (11): 1233–47. PMC 1369564. PMID 9409616.
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