Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + adenine in mRNA = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N6-methyladenine in mRNA
Other name(s): METTL3 (gene name); METTL14 (gene name)
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:adenine in mRNA methyltransferase
Comments: This enzyme, found in eukaryotes, methylates adenines in mRNA with the consensus sequence RRACH.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number:
References:
1. Liu, J., Yue, Y., Han, D., Wang, X., Fu, Y., Zhang, L., Jia, G., Yu, M., Lu, Z., Deng, X., Dai, Q., Chen, W. and He, C. A METTL3-METTL14 complex mediates mammalian nuclear RNA N6-adenosine methylation. Nat. Chem. Biol. 10 (2014) 93-95. [PMID: 24316715]
2. Wang, X., Huang, J., Zou, T. and Yin, P. Human m6A writers: Two subunits, 2 roles. RNA Biol. 14 (2017) 300-304. [PMID: 28121234]