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ID/Version
Q8BVH9 Q9DAX6 Q9D9M6 (UniProt | EBI) Last sequence update: 2003-10-03
Last annotation update: 2026-01-28
Sequence
description
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RecName: Full=tRNA N(3)-cytidine methyltransferase METTL6 {ECO:0000305}; EC=2.1.1.- {ECO:0000305|PubMed:28655767};AltName: Full=Methyltransferase-like protein 6 {ECO:0000305};
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Sequence
Polypeptide 282 aa
For this sequence
Source
Organism mouse
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Type Symbol Name GO Terms Expression
Assays
Orthologs Phenotypic
Alleles
Gene Mettl6 methyltransferase 6, methylcytidine 26 98 3 10
Sequence references in MGI J:99680 The FANTOM Consortium and RIKEN Genome Exploration Research Group and Genome Science Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome. Science. 2005;309(5740):1559-1563
J:241777 Xu L, et al., Three distinct 3-methylcytidine (m3C) methyltransferases modify tRNA and mRNA in mice and humans. J Biol Chem. 2017;292(35):14695-14703
J:299743 Ignatova VV, et al., METTL6 is a tRNA m(3)C methyltransferase that regulates pluripotency and tumor cell growth. Sci Adv. 2020 Aug;6(35):eaaz4551

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last database update
01/28/2026
MGI 6.24
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