N -methyl transferases
N -methyltransferases are enzymes that transfer a methyl group to amines .
properties
As methyl transferases, they transfer a methyl group from S-adenosyl methionine to their respective substrate . Probably the best-known N -methyltransferases are the histone methyltransferases , which are involved in the unfolding of DNA and in epigenetics . In addition to the O -methyltransferases and the comparatively rarer C -methyltransferases, N -methyltransferases are the third type of methyltransferases.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Xiaodong Cheng: S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Methyltransferases. World Scientific, 1999, ISBN 978-9-814-49497-7 . P. 6.