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PF01980: TrmO_N

tRNA-methyltransferase O N-terminal domain

Curation status
SEEDED
Seed status
EX DUF
Characterization
UNSCORED

Grounding

PF01980: tRNA-methyltransferase O N-terminal domain
IPR023370: integrated entry for tRNA-methyltransferase O N-terminal domain

Source description

This family includes members such as TrmO (tRNA-methyltransferase O) also known as YaeB, which contains a single-sheeted beta-barrel structure. TrmO is an AdoMet-dependent methyltransferase responsible for m6t6A formation [InterPro reference PUB00086552]. Its human homolog, is responsible for formation of m6t6A37 in cytoplasmic tRNASer. Lack of TrmO decreases attenuation activity of the thr operon, indicating that N6 methylation of m6t6A37 ensures efficient decoding of ACY codons [InterPro reference PUB00137799]. In bacteria and eukaryotes, TrmO has a C-terminal domain containing the conserved DPRxxY motif. Where the Asp194 and Arg196 in this motif of E. coli TrmO are necessary for N6-methylation. However, no archaeal YaeB has a C-terminal domain containing the DPRxxY motif that is conserved in bacterial and mammalian TrmO homologs [InterPro reference PUB00086552]. This entry represents the N-terminal domain of TrmO.

Evidence and references

Source descriptions and links are provenance, not independent functional validation.

Evidence counts: not scored.

Curated functional assertions

No curated functional assertions supplied.

Protein sequence examples

7 verified sequence examples. FASTA

UniProtProtein / organismSequenceProvenance
O29816Probable S-adenosyl-L-methionine-binding protein AF_0433
Archaeoglobus fulgidus (strain ATCC 49558 / DSM 4304 / JCM 9628 / NBRC 100126 / VC-16)
366 aa; version 1
UniProt 2026_03
UNIPROT FETCH
1 sibling references
P28634tRNA (adenine(37)-N6)-methyltransferase
Escherichia coli (strain K12)
235 aa; version 2
UniProt 2026_03
PTM REGISTRY MIRROR
15 sibling references
P44740tRNA (adenine(37)-N6)-methyltransferase
Haemophilus influenzae (strain ATCC 51907 / DSM 11121 / KW20 / Rd)
239 aa; version 1
UniProt 2026_03
UNIPROT FETCH
1 sibling references
Q4V7E0tRNA (adenine(37)-N6)-methyltransferase
Rattus norvegicus
431 aa; version 1
UniProt 2026_03
UNIPROT FETCH
1 sibling references
Q562D6tRNA (adenine(37)-N6)-methyltransferase
Mus musculus
431 aa; version 2
UniProt 2026_03
UNIPROT FETCH
12 sibling references
Q58978Probable S-adenosyl-L-methionine-binding protein MJ1583
Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (strain ATCC 43067 / DSM 2661 / JAL-1 / JCM 10045 / NBRC 100440)
126 aa; version 1
UniProt 2026_03
UNIPROT FETCH
9 sibling references
Q9BU70tRNA (adenine(37)-N6)-methyltransferase
Homo sapiens
441 aa; version 2
UniProt 2026_03
UNIPROT FETCH
12 sibling references

Pfam membership is not functional evidence. Whole-protein sequences do not establish domain boundaries. A coverage gap here is not absence from UniProt.

Sequences and metadata: UniProt Consortium, CC BY 4.0.

Domain matches

No residue-level domain match evidence is available in this build. Structure and AlphaFold counters do not supply coordinates or establish function.

Snapshot counters

proteins
8,639
matches
8,684
proteomes
7,015
taxa
12,908
structures
6
alphafold models
5,968
domain architectures
76

Classification basis

pfam previous unknown name

No scoring reasons supplied.

Related Mech records

This family joined the worklist after the frozen cross-Mech scan, so other Mechs were not searched for it. Missing links here are not evidence that other Mechs lack it; rows shown come from mentions of a former DUF/UPF name.

No cross-Mech examples are present in the supplied snapshot.

Curation history and reviews

No retained curation events supplied.

No retained review supplied.

Record source

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Status and evidence

Seed status
A name-based classification of frozen InterPro/Pfam metadata. UNKNOWN CANDIDATE means the metadata explicitly says the function is unknown. KNOWN HISTORICAL DUF means a DUF name matched without that wording; this heuristic is not proof of a known function and does not establish experimental characterization. EX DUF means Pfam renamed the family away from a DUF/UPF name, as recorded in Pfam's previous identifiers; a rename usually follows published work on some members but is naming history, not proof of function for every member. Some EX DUF families' current names or descriptions still say the function is unknown; their classification basis lists this, and scoring does not treat them as characterized. FALSE POSITIVE TEXT HIT means the naming rules did not match.
Characterization
A separate evidence-scoring result. UNSCORED means no score has been calculated; it is not evidence that the family lacks a known function. Missing scores are not negative evidence. PARTIALLY CHARACTERIZED has partial support; KNOWN HISTORICAL DUF can inherit the seed label or reflect a known-function signal. Neither label implies experimental validation.
Evidence counts
Source-specific signals, not unique proteins, publications, or confidence scores. Known counts Rhea reactions and experimentally supported GO molecular-function annotations. Partial counts functional/domain assignments. Context counts structural, environmental, orthology, interaction and neighborhood signals; context alone does not assign function. Repeated annotations may not be independent.
Curation status
Reported separately from seed classification and characterization. SNAPSHOT ONLY means no curated metadata was supplied for this build. SEEDED denotes a source-derived record, not an expert-reviewed functional claim.
Missing counts
Not available means the source did not supply that counter. A zero is a reported count. Not scored means evidence counts are unavailable.