S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase that specifically methylates the C5 position of cytosine 3438 (m5C3438) in 28S rRNA
(Heissenberger et al. 2019 ).
m5C3782 promotes protein translation without affecting ribosome biogenesis and fidelity.
Loss of the ribosomal RNA methyltransferase NSUN5 impairs global protein synthesis and normal growth
Clemens Heissenberger 1, Lisa Liendl 1, Fabian Nagelreiter 1, Yulia Gonskikh 2, Guohuan Yang 3, Elena M Stelzer 1, Teresa L Krammer 1, Lucia Micutkova 4, Stefan Vogt 1, David P Kreil 1, Gerhard Sekot 1, Emilio Siena 1, Ina Poser 5, Eva Harreither 1, Angela Linder 1, Viktoria Ehret 6, Thomas H Helbich 6, Regina Grillari-Voglauer 1, Pidder Jansen-Dürr 4, Martin Koš 3, Norbert Polacek 2, Johannes Grillari 1 7 8, Markus Schosserer