METTL16

• Official Symbol: METTL16
• Official Name: methyltransferase like 16
• Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
• Entrez ID: 79066
• UniProt: Q86W50
• Interactions: BioGRID
• PubMed articles: Open PubMed
• OMIM: N/A

• Entrez Summary: N/A
• UniProt Summary: RNA N6-methyltransferase that methylates adenosine residues of a subset of RNAs and plays a key role in S-adenosyl-L- methionine homeostasis by regulating expression of MAT2A transcripts (PubMed:28525753). Able to N6-methylate a subset of mRNAs and U6 small nuclear RNAs (U6 snRNAs) (PubMed:28525753). In contrast to the METTL3-METTL14 heterodimer, only able to methylate a limited number of RNAs: requires both a 5'UACAGAGAA-3' nonamer sequence and a specific RNA structure (PubMed:28525753). In presence of S-adenosyl-L-methionine, binds the 3'-UTR region of MAT2A mRNA and specifically N6-methylates the first hairpin of MAT2A mRNA, impairing MAT2A expression (PubMed:28525753). In S- adenosyl-L-methionine-limiting conditions, binds the 3'-UTR region of MAT2A mRNA but stalls due to the lack of a methyl donor, preventing N6-methylation and promoting expression of MAT2A (PubMed:28525753). In addition to mRNAs, also able to mediate N6- methylation of U6 small nuclear RNA (U6 snRNA): specifically N6- methylates adenine in position 43 of U6 snRNAs (PubMed:28525753, PubMed:29051200). Also able to bind various lncRNAs (PubMed:29051200). Specifically binds the 3'-end of the MALAT1 long non-coding RNA (PubMed:27872311). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27872311, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28525753, ECO:0000269|PubMed:29051200}.

Pfam Domains GO Terms

Compound Hit Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)

• Essentiality Rank: 729
• Expression level (log2 read counts): 6.67

Expression Distribution

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METTL16 Expression in NALM6 Cells: 6.67