Literature summary extracted from

Pollak, A.; Reich, N.
DNA adenine methyltransferase facilitated diffusion is enhanced by protein-DNA roadblock complexes that induce DNA looping (2015), Biochemistry, 54, 2181-2192.

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

EC Number	Natural Substrates	Organism	Comment (Nat. Sub.)	Natural Products	Comment (Nat. Pro.)	Rev.	Reac.
2.1.1.72	S-adenosyl-L-methionine + DNA adenine	Escherichia coli	the enzyme recognizes 5'-GATC-3'	S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + DNA 6-methylaminopurine	-	?

Organism

EC Number	Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
2.1.1.72	Escherichia coli	-	-	-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number	Substrates	Comment Substrates	Organism	Products	Comment (Products)	Rev.	Reac.
2.1.1.72	S-adenosyl-L-methionine + DNA adenine	the enzyme recognizes 5'-GATC-3'	Escherichia coli	S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + DNA 6-methylaminopurine	-	?

Synonyms

EC Number	Synonyms	Comment	Organism
2.1.1.72	Dam	-	Escherichia coli
2.1.1.72	DNA adenine methyltransferase	-	Escherichia coli

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Release 2023.1 (January 2023)