DNA methylation is the covalent addition of methyl groups to DNA bases, typically the cytosine of CpG dinucleotides. It is catalyzed by methyltransferase enzymes using a S-adenosyl methionine ...

Exploring these mechanisms, such as DNA methylation and non-coding RNA molecules, could help scientists develop new ...

Mr. Yoshiki Ochiai, the paper’s first author and PhD student in the Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit, tried to improve RNA methylation activity of a bacterial non-site-specific DNA ...

In order to investigate the RMS in more detail, the researchers used an innovative method in which they modified and analyzed ...