histone methyltransferase activity (Q21097475)
Catalysis of the reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + histone = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methyl-histone. Histone methylation generally occurs on either an arginine or lysine residue.
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(P31) (Q14860489)
(P279) (Q21112936)
(P361) (Q4117777)
(P591) 2.1.1.-
(P2888) http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0042054
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aliases histone methylase activity
GO:0042054
description Catalysis of the reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + histone = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methyl-histone. Histone methylation generally occurs on either an arginine or lysine residue.

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