Methyltransferase cap2

Definition:

EC Tree > 2 Transferases > 2.1 Transferring one-carbon groups > 2.1.1 Methyltransferases > 2.1.1.296 methyltransferase cap2
Methyltransferase cap2 installs the 2'-O-methyl on the second transcribed nucleotide of mRNAs and snRNAs (the cap2 modification) in higher eukaryotes and their viruses; the human enzyme can also methylate when the upstream nucleotide is not cap1-methylated, though less efficiently.

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