Recombinant PRMT5 protein

Recombinant PRMT5 (accession number NP_006100.2) was expressed in Sf9 cells and contains an N-terminal FLAG tag with an observed molecular weight of 74.2 kDa. PRMT5 (Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 5, also known as JBP1, Janus Binding Protein 1) is a type II arginine methyltransferase, a protein that transfers methyl groups to the arginine residues of substrate proteins. Arginine methylation is a common post-translational modification of histones and other cellular proteins. PRMT5 symmetrically dimethylates histone H2A Arg3, H3 Arg8 and H4 Arg3. It also methylates Piwi proteins which regulate small non-coding RNAs and snRNPs, regulating snRNP core particle assembly. PRMT5 functions as a co-repressor of transcription and is recruited by a number of DNA binding proteins and transcriptional repressor complexes. It is present both in the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It also interacts with COPR5, JAK2, PRDM1 and RPS10.