DNA methyltransferase

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001930",
  "term": "DNA methyltransferase",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Enzymes that are part of the restriction-modification systems. They are responsible for producing a species-characteristic methylation pattern, on either adenine or cytosine residues, in a specific short base sequence in the host cell's own DNA. This methylated sequence will occur many times in the host-cell DNA and remain intact for the lifetime of the cell. Any DNA from another species which gains entry into a living cell and lacks the characteristic methylation pattern will be recognized by the restriction endonucleases of similar specificity and destroyed by cleavage. Most have been studied in bacterial systems, but a few have been found in eukaryotic organisms.",
  "synonyms": [
    "DNA modification methylase",
    "DNA modification methyltransferase"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "methyltransferases"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "metiltransferasa de ADN"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/dna-methyltransferase/"
}