o(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase

<enzyme> An enzyme that transfers methyl groups from o(6)-methylguanine, and other methylated moities of DNA, to a cysteine residue in itself, thus repairing alkylated DNA in a single-step reaction.

Chemical name: DNA-6-O-methylguanine:protein-L-cysteine S-methyltransferase

Registry number: EC 2.1.1.63

(12 Dec 1998)


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