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23S rRNA (adenine2085-N6)-dimethyltransferase

23S rRNA (adenine<sup>2085</sup>-N<sup>6</sup>)-dimethyltransferase (, ErmC' methyltransferase, ermC methylase, ermC 23S rRNA methyltransferase, rRNA:m<sup>6</sup>A methyltransferase ErmC', ErmC', rRNA methyltransferase ErmC' ) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:23S rRNA (adenine<sup>2085</sup>-N<sup>6</sup>)-dimethyltransferase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + adenine<sup>2085</sup> in 23S rRNA 2 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N<sup>6</sup>-dimethyladenine<sup>2085</sup> in 23S rRNA

ErmC is a methyltransferase that confers resistance to the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B group of antibiotics by catalysing the methylation of 23S rRNA at adenine<sup>2085</sup>.

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