16S rRNA (cytidine1402-2'-O)-methyltransferase explained

16S rRNA (cytidine¹⁴⁰²-2'-O)-methyltransferase
Ec Number:	2.1.1.198

16S rRNA (cytidine¹⁴⁰²-2'-O)-methyltransferase (RsmI, YraL) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:16S rRNA (cytidine¹⁴⁰²-2'-O)-methyltransferase.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

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S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + 2'-O-methylcytidine¹⁴⁰² in 16S rRNA

RsmI catalyses the 2'-O-methylation of cytidine¹⁴⁰².

Notes and References

Kimura S, Suzuki T . Fine-tuning of the ribosomal decoding center by conserved methyl-modifications in the Escherichia coli 16S rRNA . Nucleic Acids Research . 38 . 4 . 1341–52 . March 2010 . 19965768 . 2831307 . 10.1093/nar/gkp1073 .