Identification
Name:DNA-cytosine methyltransferase
Synonyms:
  • M.EcoDcm
Gene Name:dcm
Enzyme Class:
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in DNA binding
Specific Function:This methylase recognizes the double-stranded sequence CCWGG, causes specific methylation on C-2 on both strands
Cellular Location:Cytoplasmic
SMPDB Pathways:Not Available
KEGG Pathways:
KEGG Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0DNA cytosine1.0Thumb+1.0DNA 5-methylcytosine
1.0S-Adenosylmethionine + 1.0DNA cytosine ↔ 1.0S-Adenosylhomocysteine + 1.0DNA 5-methylcytosine
ReactionCard
1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0DNA 5-methylcytosine
1.0S-Adenosylmethionine ↔ 1.0S-Adenosylhomocysteine + 1.0DNA 5-methylcytosine
ReactionCard
Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB00939S-AdenosylhomocysteineMetaboCard
ECMDB01185S-AdenosylmethionineMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Function
binding
DNA binding
nucleic acid binding
Process
cellular macromolecule metabolic process
DNA alkylation
DNA metabolic process
DNA methylation
DNA modification
macromolecule metabolic process
metabolic process
Gene Properties
Blattner:b1961
Gene OrientationCounterclockwise
Centisome Percentage:43.73
Left Sequence End2028923
Right Sequence End2030341
Gene Sequence:
>1419 bp
ATGAGCCAGTCACTGTTTAGCCAACCATTGAACGTTATTAACGTCGGCATCGCCATGTTT
AGCGATGACCTGAAAAAGCAGCATGTAGAAGTGACTCAACTCGACTGGACGCCGCCGGGG
CAGGGCAATATGCAGGTGGTGCAGGCGCTGGATAACATTGCCGATTCGCCGCTGGCGGAC
AAAATCGCCGCCGCTAACCAGCAGGCGCTGGAGCGTATTATCCAGTCGCATCCGGTGCTG
ATTGGTTTTGATCAGGCGATTAACGTGGTGCCGGGCATGACGGCGAAAACCATTCTTCAC
GCCGGGCCGCCGATCACCTGGGAAAAAATGTGCGGCGCGATGAAAGGCGCGGTCACCGGA
GCGCTGGTGTTCGAAGGACTGGCGAAAGATCTCGACGAGGCGGCTGAACTGGCGGCTTCC
GGGGAGATCACCTTCTCGCCGTGTCACGAGCACGACTGCGTGGGATCGATGGCGGGTGTT
ACCTCGGCCTCGATGTTTATGCACATCGTAAAAAACAAAACCTACGGCAACATCGCTTAT
ACCAACATGAGCGAGCAGATGGCGAAGATTTTGCGTATGGGCGCTAACGACCAGAGCGTG
ATTGACCGCCTGAACTGGATGCGTGATGTGCAGGGACCAATACTGCGCGACGCGATGAAA
ATTATCGGCGAAATCGATCTGCGCTTAATGCTGGCGCAGGCGCTGCATATGGGCGATGAG
TGCCATAACCGCAATAACGCCGGGACGACACTGCTGATTCAGGCGCTGACGCCGGGGATT
ATTCAGGCGGGTTATTCCGTCGAGCAACAGCGCGAAGTGTTTGAGTTTGTCGCCAGCAGC
GACTACTTCTCCGGCCCGACGTGGATGGCGATGTGTAAAGCGGCGATGGATGCGGCGCAT
GGCATCGAATACAGCACCGTGGTCACCACCATGGCGCGTAACGGCGTCGAGTTCGGCCTG
CGGGTCAGCGGCCTGCCGGGGCAATGGTTTACCGGCCCGGCGCAGCAGGTGATCGGCCCG
ATGTTTGCCGGTTATAAGCCGGAAGATTCGGGGCTGGATATCGGCGACAGCGCCATCACC
GAAACCTACGGTATTGGCGGATTTGCTATGGCGACCGCGCCCGCTATCGTCGCGCTGGTG
GGCGGCACGGTGGAAGAAGCTATTGATTTCTCCCGTCAGATGCGCGAAATCACCCTCGGT
GAAAACCCCAACGTCACCATTCCGCTGCTCGGTTTTATGGGCGTGCCGTCGGCAATCGAC
ATCACCCGCGTGGGTAGCAGCGGCATTCTGCCGGTGATCAACACCGCCATCGCCCATAAA
GATGCGGGCGTCGGCATGATTGGCGCGGGCATTGTGCATCCACCTTTTGCCTGCTTCGAG
AAAGCCATTCTTGGCTGGTGCGAACGTTACGGCGTCTGA
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:472
Protein Molecular Weight:53464
Protein Theoretical pI:9
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • None
Protein Sequence:
>DNA-cytosine methyltransferase
MQENISVTDSYSTGNAAQAMLEKLLQIYDVKTLVAQLNGVGENHWSAAILKRALANDSAW
HRLSEKEFAHLQTLLPKPPAHHPHYAFRFIDLFAGIGGIRRGFESIGGQCVFTSEWNKHA
VRTYKANHYCDPATHHFNEDIRDITLSHKEGVSDEAAAEHIRQHIPEHDVLLAGFPCQPF
SLAGVSKKNSLGRAHGFACDTQGTLFFDVVRIIDARRPAMFVLENVKNLKSHDQGKTFRI
IMQTLDELGYDVADAEDNGPDDPKIIDGKHFLPQHRERIVLVGFRRDLNLKADFTLRDIS
ECFPAQRVTLAQLLDPMVEAKYILTPVLWKYLYRYAKKHQARGNGFGYGMVYPNNPQSVT
RTLSARYYKDGAEILIDRGWDMATGEKDFDDPLNQQHRPRRLTPRECARLMGFEAPGEAK
FRIPVSDTQAYRQFGNSVVVPVFAAVAKLLEPKIKQAVALRQQEAQHGRRSR
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P0AED9
Uniprot Name:DCM_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:85674464
Ecogene ID:EG10211
Ecocyc:EG10211
ColiBase:b1961
Kegg Gene:b1961
EchoBASE ID:EB0207
CCDB:DCM_ECOLI
BacMap:16129907
General Reference:
  • Blattner, F. R., Plunkett, G. 3rd, Bloch, C. A., Perna, N. T., Burland, V., Riley, M., Collado-Vides, J., Glasner, J. D., Rode, C. K., Mayhew, G. F., Gregor, J., Davis, N. W., Kirkpatrick, H. A., Goeden, M. A., Rose, D. J., Mau, B., Shao, Y. (1997). "The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12." Science 277:1453-1462. Pubmed: 9278503
  • Hanck, T., Gerwin, N., Fritz, H. J. (1989). "Nucleotide sequence of the dcm locus of Escherichia coli K12." Nucleic Acids Res 17:5844. Pubmed: 2527357
  • Hayashi, K., Morooka, N., Yamamoto, Y., Fujita, K., Isono, K., Choi, S., Ohtsubo, E., Baba, T., Wanner, B. L., Mori, H., Horiuchi, T. (2006). "Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110." Mol Syst Biol 2:2006.0007. Pubmed: 16738553
  • Itoh, T., Aiba, H., Baba, T., Hayashi, K., Inada, T., Isono, K., Kasai, H., Kimura, S., Kitakawa, M., Kitagawa, M., Makino, K., Miki, T., Mizobuchi, K., Mori, H., Mori, T., Motomura, K., Nakade, S., Nakamura, Y., Nashimoto, H., Nishio, Y., Oshima, T., Saito, N., Sampei, G., Seki, Y., Horiuchi, T., et, a. l. .. (1996). "A 460-kb DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli K-12 genome corresponding to the 40.1-50.0 min region on the linkage map." DNA Res 3:379-392. Pubmed: 9097040
  • Sohail, A., Lieb, M., Dar, M., Bhagwat, A. S. (1990). "A gene required for very short patch repair in Escherichia coli is adjacent to the DNA cytosine methylase gene." J Bacteriol 172:4214-4221. Pubmed: 2198248