In the final step of the capping reaction, the methyltransferase takes a methyl group from S-adenosyl-methionine to the N7 position of the cap guanine. N7G-methyltransferase (MT) mediated reaction can be represented as:GpppN(pN)n + S-adenosylmethionine (Adomet) ->m7GpppN(pN)n + S-adenosylhomocysteine (Adohcy).
Shibagaki, Y, Niikura, Y, Tsukamoto, T, Mizumoto, K
mRNA (guanine-N7-)-methyltransferase activity of Capping complex (with freed 5'- GMP) [nucleoplasm]
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