A natural riboswitch scaffold with self-methylation activity

In humans, protein methyltransferase is responsible for RNA methylation using S-adenosylmethionine as a methyl group donor. Here the authors report a self-methylation activity of a bacterial riboswitch.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Laurin Flemmich, Sarah Heel, Sarah Moreno, Kathrin Breuker, Ronald Micura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24193-7