Secreted protein methyltransferase METTL9 catalyzes Nπ-histidine methylation of extracellular plasma proteins
N. Ikeda, Hiroaki Daitoku, Natsuki Odate, Naoki Sekiguchi, Ryuhei Tsukamoto, Rikuto Kondo, Song‐iee Han, Kaori Motomura, Koichiro Kako, Akiyoshi Fukamizu
The paper identifies METTL9 as the first secreted methyltransferase that catalyzes Nπ-histidine methylation of extracellular plasma proteins, establishing histidine methylation as the second extracellular post-translational modification.
bioRxiv · Dec 23, 2025 · PreprintBiochemistry