AmiGO 2: Term Details for "DNA-methyltransferase activity" (GO:0009008)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0009008
Name: DNA-methyltransferase activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: DNA methyltransferase activity, DNA transmethylase activity, deoxyribonucleate methylase activity, deoxyribonucleate methyltransferase activity, deoxyribonucleic acid methylase activity, deoxyribonucleic acid methyltransferase activity, Type II DNA methylase, deoxyribonucleic acid modification methylase activity, DNA methylase
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Catalysis of the transfer of a methyl group to a DNA molecule. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl, PMID:7862522
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0009008 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to DNA-methyltransferase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to DNA-methyltransferase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for DNA-methyltransferase activity (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0003824 catalytic activity
GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0016740 transferase activity
GO:0140640 catalytic activity, acting on a nucleic acid
GO:0016741 transferase activity, transferring one-carbon groups
GO:0140097 catalytic activity, acting on DNA
GO:0008168 methyltransferase activity
GO:0009008 DNA-methyltransferase activity
GO:0003886 DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity
GO:0140020 DNA methyltransferase complex
GO:0009007 site-specific DNA-methyltransferase (adenine-specific) activity
GO:0015667 site-specific DNA-methyltransferase (cytosine-N4-specific) activity

Parents of DNA-methyltransferase activity (GO:0009008)

subject	relation	object
DNA-methyltransferase activity	is_a	catalytic activity, acting on DNA (GO:0140097)
DNA-methyltransferase activity	is_a	methyltransferase activity (GO:0008168)

Children of DNA-methyltransferase activity (GO:0009008)

subject	relation	object
site-specific DNA-methyltransferase (cytosine-N4-specific) activity (GO:0015667)	is_a	DNA-methyltransferase activity
DNA methyltransferase complex (GO:0140020)	RO:0002215	DNA-methyltransferase activity
DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase activity (GO:0003886)	is_a	DNA-methyltransferase activity
DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation (GO:0006346)	BFO:0000051	DNA-methyltransferase activity
site-specific DNA-methyltransferase (adenine-specific) activity (GO:0009007)	is_a	DNA-methyltransferase activity

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