PRMT5 Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

This gene encodes an enzyme that belongs to the methyltransferase family. The encoded protein catalyzes the transfer of methyl groups to the amino acid arginine, in target proteins that include histones, transcriptional elongation factors and the tumor suppressor p53. This gene plays a role in several cellular processes, including transcriptional regulation, and the assembly of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins. A pseudogene of this gene has been defined on chromosome 4. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]

PRMT5: an ubiquitous enzyme with protein methyltransferase activity. Methylates specific arginine residues in the transcription elongation factor SPT5, and the small nuclear ribonucleoproteins SNRPD1 and SNRPD3. Plays a role in the assembly of snRNP core particles. May play a role in cytokine-activated transduction pathways. Negatively regulates cyclin E1 promoter activity and cellular proliferation. May regulate the SPT5 transcriptional elongation properties. May be part of a pathway that is connected to a chloride current, possibly through cytoskeletal rearrangement. Component of the methylosome, a 20S complex that includes ICLN, SKB1 and WDR77. Component of a high molecular weight E2F-pocket protein complex, CERC (cyclin E1 repressor complex). Also interacts with Sm proteins, JAK2, SSTR1 and SPT5. Associates with SWI/SNF remodeling complexes containing SMARCA2 and SMARCA4.

Protein type: EC 2.1.1.125; Methyltransferase; Methyltransferase, protein arginine; RNA processing; Cell cycle regulation

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 14q11.2

Cellular Component: nucleoplasm; cytoplasm; cytosol; nucleus

Molecular Function: ribonucleoprotein binding; methyltransferase activity; protein binding; protein-arginine omega-N symmetric methyltransferase activity; histone-arginine N-methyltransferase activity; chromatin binding; transcription corepressor activity

Biological Process: peptidyl-arginine methylation, to symmetrical-dimethyl arginine; establishment and/or maintenance of chromatin architecture; spliceosomal snRNP biogenesis; transcription, DNA-dependent; negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; endothelial cell activation; cell proliferation; peptidyl-arginine methylation; regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; regulation of mitosis; gene expression; circadian regulation of gene expression; peptidyl-arginine N-methylation