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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5759
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-20
pubmed:abstractText
The sequence and the structure of DNA methyltransferase-2 (Dnmt2) bear close affinities to authentic DNA cytosine methyltransferases. A combined genetic and biochemical approach revealed that human DNMT2 did not methylate DNA but instead methylated a small RNA; mass spectrometry showed that this RNA is aspartic acid transfer RNA (tRNA(Asp)) and that DNMT2 specifically methylated cytosine 38 in the anticodon loop. The function of DNMT2 is highly conserved, and human DNMT2 protein restored methylation in vitro to tRNA(Asp) from Dnmt2-deficient strains of mouse, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Drosophila melanogaster in a manner that was dependent on preexisting patterns of modified nucleosides. Indirect sequence recognition is also a feature of eukaryotic DNA methyltransferases, which may have arisen from a Dnmt2-like RNA methyltransferase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
311
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
395-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Anticodon, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Arabidopsis, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Arabidopsis Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Catalytic Domain, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Cytosine, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-NIH 3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-RNA, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-RNA, Transfer, Asp, pubmed-meshheading:16424344-Transfection
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Methylation of tRNAAsp by the DNA methyltransferase homolog Dnmt2.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics and Development, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural