16S rRNA (guanine966-N2)-methyltransferase

16S rRNA (guanine966-N2)-methyltransferase (, yhhF (gene), rsmD (gene), m2G966 methyltransferase) is an enzyme with systematic name S-adenosyl-L-methionine:16S rRNA (guanine966-N2)-methyltransferase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction


 * S-adenosyl-L-methionine + guanine966 in 16S rRNA $$\rightleftharpoons$$ S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + N2-methylguanine966 in 16S rRNA

The enzyme efficiently methylates guanine966 of the assembled 30S subunits in vitro.