YhiQ is RsmJ, the methyltransferase responsible for methylation of G1516 in 16S rRNA of E. coli.

Abstract excerpt

Ten methyltransferases and one pseudouridine synthase are required for complete modification of the small ribosomal subunit in Escherichia coli. Nine methyltransferases, as well as the pseudouridine synthase, are already known. Here, we identify RsmJ, the last unknown methyltransferase required for methylation of m(2)G1516 in 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA), as the protein encoded by yhiQ. Reverse transcription primer...

Topics

• Base Sequence
• Escherichia coli
• Escherichia coli Proteins
• Methylation
• Methyltransferases
• Models, Molecular
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Nucleic Acid Conformation
• Phenotype
• RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
• Ribosomes