Term Details for "histone methyltransferase activity" (GO:0042054) (original) (raw)

Accession

GO:0042054

Name

histone methyltransferase activity

Ontology

molecular_function

Synonyms

histone N-methyltransferase activity, histone methylase activity

Alternate IDs

None

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + histone = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methyl-histone. Histone methylation generally occurs on either an arginine or a lysine residue.Source: GOC:curators

Comment

None

History

See term history for GO:0042054 at QuickGO

Chem. react.

None

Subset

None

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