Encodes DRM3 (Domains Rearranged Methyltransferase3), a catalytically mutated paralog of the cytosine methyltransferase DRM2. Despite being catalytically mutated, DRM3 is required for normal maintenance of non-CG DNA methylation, establishment of RNA-directed DNA methylation triggered by repeat sequences and accumulation of repeat-associated small RNAs.
TAIR Short Description:
S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferases superfamily protein