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Methyltransferases

NEB offers a selection of DNA and protein methyltransferases.

DNA methyltransferases transfer a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionine to either adenine or cytosine residues and can be used to generate methylated DNA at specific sites for gene expression studies. Our selection includes CpG methyltransferase (NEB #M0226), which transfers a methyl group to the C5 position of cytosine residues and is especially useful for studying CpG methylation effects.

Several protein methyltransferases are also available for the specific methylation of lysine and arginine residues in Histone H3 and H4 for gene regulation studies.

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    Publications related to Methyltransferases
  1. Agrawal, A., Bisharyan, Y., Papoyan, A, Bednenko, J., Cardarelli, J., Yao, M., Clark, T., Berkm​en, M., Ke, N., Colussi, P. 2019. Fusion to Tetrahymena thermophila granule lattice protein 1 confers solubility to sexual stage malaria antigens in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif. 153, PubMedID: 30081196, DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2018.08.001.
  2. Anton, Brian; Roberts, Rich; Murray, Iain 2019. Complete genome sequence and methylome analysis of Micrococcus luteus SA211 a halophilic lithium-tolerant Actinobacterium from Argentina Microbiol Resour Announc. 8, PubMedID: 30701250, DOI: 10.1128/MRA.01557-18
  3. Pirone-Davies, C., Hoffmann, M., Roberts, R.J., Muruvanda, T., Timme, R.E., Strain, E., Luo, Y., Payne, J., Luong, K., Song, Y., Tsai, Y.C., Boitano, M., Clark, T.A., Korlach, J., Evans, P.S., Allard, M.W. 2015. Genome-Wide Methylation Patterns in Salmonella enterica Subsp. enterica Serovars PLoS One. 10(4), PubMedID: 25860355, DOI:
  4. Seib, K.L., Jen, F.E., Tan, A., Scott, A.L., Kumar, R., Power, P.M., Chen, L.T., Wu, H.J., Wang, A.H., Hill, D.M., Luyten, Y.A., Morgan, R.D., Roberts, R.J., Maiden, M.C., Boitano, M., Clark, T.A., Korlach, J., Rao, D.N. and Jennings, M.P. 2015. Specificity of the ModAll, ModA12 and ModD1 epigenetic regulator N6-adenine DNA methyltransferases of Neisseria Meningitidis Nucleic Acids Res. 43(8), PubMedID: 25845594, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv219
  5. Roberts, R.J., Vincze, T., Posfai, J., Macelis, D. 2015. REBASE - A database for DNA restriction and modification: enzymes, genes and genomes Nucleic Acids Res. 43, PubMedID: 25378308, DOI:
  6. Fomenkov, A., Lunnen, K.D., Zhu, Z., Anton, B.P., Wilson, G.G., Vincze, T. and Roberts, R.J. 2015. Complete genome sequence and methylome analysis of bacillus strain x1 Genome Announc. 3(1), PubMedID: 25700417, DOI:
  7. Anton, B.P., Mongodin, E.F., Agrawal, S., Fomenkov, A., Byrd, D.R., Roberts, R.J. and Raleigh, E.A. 2015. Complete Genome Sequence of ER2796, a DNA Methyltransferase-Deficient Strain of Escherichia coli K-12 PLoS One. 10(5), PubMedID: 26010885, DOI:
  8. Xu, S-Y., Boitano, M., Clark, T.A., Vincze, T., Fomenkov, A., Kumar, S., Too, PH-M., Gonchar, D., Degtyarev, S.K. and Roberts, R.J. 2015. Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of Bacillus Subtilis T30 Genome Announc. 3(3), PubMedID: 25953183, DOI:
  9. Pais, J.E., Dai, N., Tamanaha, E., Vaisvila, R., Fomenkov, A.I., Bitinaite, J., Sun, Z., Guan, S., Correa, I.R. Jr., Noren, C.J., Cheng, X., Roberts, R.J., Zheng, Y. and Saleh, L. 2015. Biochemical characterization of a Naegleria TET-like oxygenase and its application in single molecule sequencing of 5-methylcytosine Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112(14), PubMedID: 25831492, DOI:
  10. Roberts, R.J., Vincze, T., Posfai, J., Macelis, D. 2014. REBASE - A database for DNA restriction and modification: enzymes, genes and genomes Nucleic Acids Res. , PubMedID: , DOI:
  11. Deptula, P., Smolander, O.-P., Laine, P., Roberts, R.J., Edelmann, M., Peltola, P., Piironen, V., Paulin, L., Storgards, E., Savijoki, K., Laitila, A., Auvinen, P., Varmanen, P 2018. Acidipropionibacterium virtanenii sp nov isolated from malted barley Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 68, PubMedID: 30156530, DOI:
  12. Anton, B.P., Roberts, R.J., Fomenkov, A., Humbert, A., Stoian, N., Zeilstra-Ryalls, J. 2018. Complete genome sequences of two Rhodobacter strains Microbiol Resour Announc. 7 (12), PubMedID: 30533667, DOI:
  13. Fomenkov, A., Vincze, T., Mersha, F., Roberts, R.J. 2018. Complete genome sequence and methylome analysis of Bacillus caldolyticus NEB414. Genome Announ.. 6 (6), PubMedID: 29439055 , DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01605-17
  14. Bottacini, F., Morrissey, R., Roberts, R.J., James, J., van Breen, J., Egan, M., Lambert, J., van Limpt, K., Knol, J., O'Connell Motherway, M. and van Sinderen, D. 2018. Comparative genome and methylome analysis reveals restriction/modification system diversity in the gut commensal Bifidobacterium breve. Nucleic Acids Res. 46(4), PubMedID: 29294107, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1289
  15. Murray, Iain; Morgan, Rick; Luyten, Yvette; Fomenkov, Alexey; Correa, Ivan; Dai, Nan; Roberts, Rich; 2018. The non-specific adenine DNA methyltransferase M.EcoGII. Nucleic Acids Res. (2), PubMedID: 29228259, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1191
  16. Morgan, R.D., Luyten, Y.A., Johnson, S.A., Clough, E.M., Clark, T.A. and Roberts, R.J. 2016. Novel m4C modification in type I restriction-modification systems. Nucleic Acids Res. Nov, PubMedID: 27580720, DOI:
  17. Blow, M.J., Clark, T.A., Daum, C.G., Deutschbauer, A.M., Fomenkov, A., Fries, R., Froula, J., Kang, D.D., Malmstrom, R.R., Morgan, R.D., Posfai, J., Singh, K., Visel, A., Wetmore, K., Zhao, Z., Rubin, E.M., Korlach, J., Pennacchio, L.A. and Roberts, R.J. 2016. The Epigenomic Landscape of Prokaryotes. PLoS Genet. Feb 12;12(2):e1005854, PubMedID: 26870957, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005854
  18. Ee, R., Lim, Y.L., Yin, W.F., See-Too, W.S., Roberts, R.J. and Chan, K.G. 2016. Novel Methyltransferase Recognition Motif Identified in Chania multitudinisentens RB-25(T) gen. nov., sp. nov. Front Microbiol. 206, PubMedID: 27630623 , DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01362
  19. Lim, Y.L., Roberts, R.J., Ee, R., Yin, W.F. and Chan, K.G. 2016. Complete Genome Sequence and Methylome Analysis of Aeromonas hydrophila Strain YL17, Isolated from a Compost Pile. Genome Announc. Mar 3;4(2), PubMedID: 26941143, DOI:
  20. Yao, K., Muruvanda, T., Roberts, R.J., Payne, J., Allard, M.W. and Hoffmann, M. 2016. Complete Genome and Methylome Sequences of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Panama (ATCC 7378) and Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Sloterdijk (ATCC 15791). Genome Announc. Mar 17;4(2)., PubMedID: 26988049, DOI:
  21. Anton, B.P., Harhay, G.P., Smith, T.P., Blom, J. and Roberts, R.J. 2016. Comparative Methylome Analysis of the Occasional Ruminant Respiratory Pathogen Bibersteinia trehalosi. PLoS One. Aug 24, PubMedID: 27556252 , DOI:
Applications
  • Positive controls for methylation specific PCR or bisulfite sequencing
  • CpG-methylated gene expression studies
  • Nucleosome footprinting
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Videos

  • What is Epigenetics?

    What Is Epigenetics?

    If all cells are created from the same genetic material, why are there so many different cell types? Listen to Sriharsa Pradhan, Senior Scientist, RNA Biology at NEB, as he describes how DNA is methylated and how this affects the path of reading the DNA code the same way an obstruction would derail a train off its tracks.