chromomethylase

English

Etymology

From chromo- +‎ methylase.

Noun

chromomethylase (plural chromomethylases)

1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the methylation of chromatin
   • 2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science‎^[1], volume 6, →DOI:

     For the families DNMT2, DNMT3 and chromomethylase, these values are 65, 36–52%, and 53–60%, respectively, for both species.