UniProt Protein Function: | The METTL3-METTL14 heterodimer forms a N6-methyltransferase complex that methylates adenosine residues at the N6 position of some mRNAs and regulates the circadian clock, differentiation of embryonic stem cells and cortical neurogenesis (PubMed:24316715, PubMed:24407421, PubMed:25719671, PubMed:27373337, PubMed:27281194). In the heterodimer formed with METTL3, METTL14 constitutes the RNA-binding scaffold that recognizes the substrate rather than the catalytic core (PubMed:27627798, PubMed:27373337, PubMed:27281194). N6-methyladenosine (m6A), which takes place at the 5'-[AG]GAC-3' consensus sites of some mRNAs, plays a role in mRNA stability and processing (PubMed:24316715, PubMed:24407421, PubMed:25719671). M6A acts as a key regulator of mRNA stability by promoting mRNA destabilization and degradation. In embryonic stem cells (ESCs), m6A methylation of mRNAs encoding key naive pluripotency-promoting transcripts results in transcript destabilization. M6A regulates spermatogonial differentiation and meiosis and is essential for male fertility and spermatogenesis. M6A also regulates cortical neurogenesis: m6A methylation of transcripts related to transcription factors, neural stem cells, the cell cycle and neuronal differentiation during brain development promotes their destabilization and decay, promoting differentiation of radial glial cells. |
UniProt Code: | Q9HCE5 |
NCBI GenInfo Identifier: | 24308265 |
NCBI Gene ID: | 57721 |
NCBI Accession: | NP_066012.1 |
UniProt Secondary Accession: | Q9HCE5,Q969V2, A6NIG1, |
UniProt Related Accession: | Q9HCE5 |
Molecular Weight: | 52150 |
NCBI Full Name: | N6-adenosine-methyltransferase non-catalytic subunit |
NCBI Synonym Full Names: | methyltransferase like 14 |
NCBI Official Symbol: | METTL14 |
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: | hMETTL14 |
NCBI Protein Information: | N6-adenosine-methyltransferase non-catalytic subunit; N6-adenosine-methyltransferase subunit METTL14 |
UniProt Protein Name: | N6-adenosine-methyltransferase non-catalytic subunit |
UniProt Synonym Protein Names: | Methyltransferase-like protein 14 |
Protein Family: | N6-adenosine-methyltransferase |
UniProt Gene Name: | METTL14 |