Methylase

A methylase is an enzyme that attaches a methyl group to a molecule. Enzymes are Biomolecules that catalyze ( ie increase the rates of Chemical reactions Almost all enzymes are Proteins In Chemistry, a methyl group is a Hydrophobic Alkyl Functional group named after Methane (4 In Chemistry, a molecule is defined as a sufficiently stable electrically neutral group of at least two Atoms in a definite arrangement held together by There are methylases that can methylate DNA, RNA, proteins, or small molecules, for example, DNA methyltransferase, which methylates cytosine residues and adenine residues in DNA. In Biochemistry, the DNA methyltransferase (DNA MTase family of Enzymes catalyze the transfer of a Methyl group to DNA. Cytosine is one of the five main bases found in DNA and RNA. It is a Pyrimidine derivative with a Heterocyclic Aromatic ring Adenine is a Purine with a variety of roles in Biochemistry including Cellular respiration, in the form of both the energy-rich Adenosine Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known

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(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze methylation, especially of nucleic acids

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