| accession | 0042054 |
| databaseName | GO |
| dbId | 8079 |
| definition | Catalysis of the reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + histone = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methyl-histone. Histone methylation generally occurs on either an arginine or a lysine residue. |
| displayName | histone methyltransferase activity |
| ecNumber | 2.1.1.354 |
| modified | [InstanceEdit:9676538] Cook, Justin, 2020-02-17 |
| name | histone methyltransferase activity |
| referenceDatabase | [ReferenceDatabase:1] GO |
| schemaClass | GO_MolecularFunction |
| url | https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0042054 |
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