| Name | base methyltransferase of 25S rRNA 2 homolog |
| Description | Enables S-adenosyl-L-methionine binding activity. Involved in cellular response to amino acid starvation; cellular response to methionine; and positive regulation of TORC1 signaling. Predicted to be located in cytosol. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025] |
| Summary |
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In this setting, Bmt2 catalyzes specific methylation reactions on ribosomal RNA intermediates during the assembly of the 60S subunit—an essential post‐transcriptional modification that helps ensure the proper formation and function of ribosomes."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "5"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\n Together, these findings highlight that while “BMT2” as a clinical procedure functions to salvage hematopoiesis in patients with prior transplant complications, Bmt2 the enzyme plays a critical role in fine‐tuning ribosome assembly via rRNA methylation. Despite sharing the same abbreviation, the “functions” of BMT2 in these contexts underscore the diversity of biomedical processes—from life‐saving therapeutic interventions to the regulation of fundamental cellular machineries.\n "}]}, {"type": "rg", "children": [{"type": "r", "ref": 1, "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "F Al-Qurashi, M Ayas, F Al Sharif, et al. 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| NCBI Gene ID | 154743 |
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BMT2 has 99 functional associations with biological entities spanning 4 categories (chemical, functional term, phrase or reference, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 6 datasets.
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| Dataset | Summary | |
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| ChEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 | transcription factors binding the promoter of BMT2 gene in low- or high-throughput transcription factor functional studies from the CHEA Transcription Factor Targets 2022 dataset. | |
| DeepCoverMOA Drug Mechanisms of Action | small molecule perturbations with high or low expression of BMT2 protein relative to other small molecule perturbations from the DeepCoverMOA Drug Mechanisms of Action dataset. | |
| DepMap CRISPR Gene Dependency | cell lines with fitness changed by BMT2 gene knockdown relative to other cell lines from the DepMap CRISPR Gene Dependency dataset. | |
| GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 | biological processes involving BMT2 gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 dataset. | |
| GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 | tissues with high or low expression of BMT2 gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 dataset. | |
| PFOCR Pathway Figure Associations 2024 | pathways involving BMT2 protein from the Wikipathways PFOCR 2024 dataset. | |