Uncharacterized methyltransferase WBSCR22 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the WBSCR22gene.[1][2][3]
This gene encodes a protein containing a nuclear localization signal and an S-adenosyl-L-methionine binding motif typical of methyltransferases, suggesting that the encoded protein may act on DNA methylation. This gene is deleted in Williams syndrome, a multisystem developmental disorder caused by the deletion of contiguous genes at 7q11.23.[3]
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