GO TERM SUMMARY
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Name: |
DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity |
Acc: |
GO:0003886 |
Aspect: |
Molecular Function |
Desc: |
Catalysis of the reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + DNA containing cytosine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + DNA containing 5-methylcytosine. |
Synonyms:
- DNA cytosine methylase activity
- DNA 5-cytosine methylase activity
- cytosine DNA methyltransferase activity
- restriction-modification system activity
- modification methylase activity
- DNA cytosine c5 methylase activity
- DNA-cytosine 5-methylase activity
- GO:0008326
- site-specific DNA-methyltransferase (cytosine-specific) activity
- deoxyribonucleic acid (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
- deoxyribonucleic (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
- cytosine 5-methyltransferase activity
- cytosine-specific DNA methyltransferase activity
- deoxyribonucleic methylase activity
- cytosine DNA methylase activity
- methylphosphotriester-DNA methyltransferase activity
- DNA cytosine C(5) methylase activity
- S-adenosyl-L-methionine:DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
- DNA-cytosine methyltransferase activity
- type II DNA methylase activity
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