IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.1.1.321

Accepted name: type III protein arginine methyltransferase

Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + [protein]-L-arginine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + [protein]-Nω-methyl-L-arginine

Other name(s): PRMT7 (gene name)

Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:[protein]-L-arginine N-methyltransferase ([protein]-Nω-methyl-L-arginine-forming)

Comments: Type III protein arginine methyltransferases catalyse the single methylation of one of the terminal nitrogen atoms of the guanidino group in an L-arginine residue within a protein. Unlike type I and type II protein arginine methyltransferases, which also catalyse this reaction, type III enzymes do not methylate the substrate any further. cf. EC 2.1.1.319, type I protein arginine methyltransferase, EC 2.1.1.320, type II protein arginine methyltransferase, and EC 2.1.1.322, type IV protein arginine methyltransferase.

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References:

1. Miranda, T.B., Miranda, M., Frankel, A. and Clarke, S. PRMT7 is a member of the protein arginine methyltransferase family with a distinct substrate specificity. J. Biol. Chem. 279 (2004) 22902-22907. [PMID: 15044439]

2. Gonsalvez, G.B., Tian, L., Ospina, J.K., Boisvert, F.M., Lamond, A.I. and Matera, A.G. Two distinct arginine methyltransferases are required for biogenesis of Sm-class ribonucleoproteins. J. Cell Biol. 178 (2007) 733-740. [PMID: 17709427]

3. Feng, Y., Hadjikyriacou, A. and Clarke, S.G. Substrate specificity of human protein arginine methyltransferase 7 (PRMT7): the importance of acidic residues in the double E loop. J. Biol. Chem. 289 (2014) 32604-32616. [PMID: 25294873]

[EC 2.1.1.321 created 2015]


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