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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
The fmu gene product has been proposed to be an RNA methyltransferase [Koonin, E. V. (1994) Nucleic Acids Res. 22, 2476-2478]. Fmu has been cloned and expressed, and the encoded 47 kDa protein has been purified and characterized. The enzyme catalyzed specific methylation of C967 of unmodified 16S rRNA transcripts. A 16mer stem-loop structure containing C967 (nt 960-975) was also a good substrate for the enzyme in vitro. Methylation of C967 was confirmed by several methods including analysis of RNase T1 digests and nearest-neighbor analysis. Fmu did not catalyze methylation of transcripts of 23S rRNA. E. coli cells that contained kanr-disrupted fmu produced 16S rRNA that could be specifically methylated by Fmu in vitro at C967 but not C1407. Further, fmu disruption did not significantly alter the growth rate of E. coli in rich or minimal media. We propose renaming this ORF "rrmB" and the enzyme "RrmB" for rRNA methyltransferase.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/5-Methylcytosine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytosine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endoribonucleases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydroxymethyl and Formyl..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Methyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ribonuclease T1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/S-Adenosylmethionine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/m(5)C rRNA methyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ribonuclease T(2)
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4053-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of the 16S rRNA m5C967 methyltransferase from Escherichia coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0448, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.