:TRNA (guanine10-N2)-dimethyltransferase

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| Name = TRNA (guanine10-N2)-dimethyltransferase

| EC_number = 2.1.1.213

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TRNA (guanine10-N2)-dimethyltransferase ({{EC number|2.1.1.213}}, PAB1283, N(2),N(2)-dimethylguanosine tRNA methyltransferase, Trm-G10, PabTrm-G10, PabTrm-m2 2G10 enzyme) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:tRNA (guanine10-N2)-dimethyltransferase.{{cite journal | vauthors = Armengaud J, Urbonavicius J, Fernandez B, Chaussinand G, Bujnicki JM, Grosjean H | title = N2-methylation of guanosine at position 10 in tRNA is catalyzed by a THUMP domain-containing, S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase, conserved in Archaea and Eukaryota | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 279 | issue = 35 | pages = 37142–52 | date = August 2004 | pmid = 15210688 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.m403845200 | doi-access = free | url = http://agritrop.cirad.fr/602184/1/Publi11.pdf }} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

: 2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + guanine10 in tRNA \rightleftharpoons 2 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N2-dimethylguanine10 in tRNA (overall reaction)

:(1a) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + guanine10 in tRNA \rightleftharpoons S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N2-methylguanine10 in tRNA

:(1b) S-adenosyl-L-methionine + N2-methylguanine10 in tRNA \rightleftharpoons S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N2-dimethylguanine10 in tRNA

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