Term Information

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
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of histone methyltransferase activity (GO:0042054)
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histone methyltransferase activity [is_a relation] is_a  histone modifying activity (GO:0140993)
histone methyltransferase activity [is_a relation] is_a  protein methyltransferase activity (GO:0008276)
Children of histone methyltransferase activity (GO:0042054)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
histone H4 methyltransferase activity (GO:0140939) [is_a relation] is_a  histone methyltransferase activity
histone H2A methyltransferase activity (GO:0140940) [is_a relation] is_a  histone methyltransferase activity
histone arginine N-methyltransferase activity (GO:0008469) [is_a relation] is_a  histone methyltransferase activity
histone H3 methyltransferase activity (GO:0140938) [is_a relation] is_a  histone methyltransferase activity
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