The fission yeast gene pmt1+ encodes a DNA methyltransferase homologue - PubMed (original) (raw)
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The fission yeast gene pmt1+ encodes a DNA methyltransferase homologue
C R Wilkinson et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 1995.
Abstract
DNA methylation of cytosine residues is a widespread phenomenon and has been implicated in a number of biological processes in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. This methylation occurs at the 5-position of cytosine and is catalyzed by a distinct family of conserved enzymes, the cytosine-5 methyltransferases (m5C-MTases). We have cloned a fission yeast gene pmt1+ (pombe methyltransferase) which encodes a protein that shares significant homology with both prokaryotic and eukaryotic m5C-MTases. All 10 conserved domains found in these enzymes are present in the pmt1 protein. This is the first m5C-MTase homologue cloned from a fungal species. Its presence is surprising, given the inability to detect DNA methylation in yeasts. Haploid cells lacking the pmt1+ gene are viable, indicating that pmt1+ is not an essential gene. Purified, bacterially produced pmt1 protein does not possess obvious methyltransferase activity in vitro. Thus the biological significance of the m5C-MTase homologue in fission yeast is currently unclear.
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