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Facts about tRNA wybutosine-synthesizing protein 2 homolog.
Catalyzes the transfer of the alpha-amino-alpha- carboxypropyl (acp) group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the C-7 position of 4-demethylwyosine (imG-14) to produce wybutosine-86. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TRMT12 |
| Uniprot: | Q53H54 |
| Entrez: | 55039 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| class I-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily |

Alpha-amino-alpha-carboxypropyl transferase TYW2; EC 2.1.1; EC 2.1.1.32; EC 2.5.1.-; FLJ20772; homolog of yeast tRNA methyltransferase; TRM12; tRNA methyltranferase 12 homolog (S. cerevisiae); tRNA methyltranferase 12 homolog; tRNA methyltransferase 12 homolog (S. cerevisiae); tRNA-yW synthesizing protein 2; tRNA-yW-synthesizing protein 2; TYW2tRNA wybutosine-synthesizing protein 2 homolog
Mass (kDA):
50.236 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8q24.13 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (124450820..124453026) |




PMID: 22761755 by Rodriguez V., et al. Structure-function analysis of human TYW2 enzyme required for the biosynthesis of a highly modified Wybutosine (yW) base in phenylalanine-tRNA.