Putative ribosomal RNA methyltransferase 1 is an
enzyme
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that in humans is encoded by the ''FTSJ1''
gene
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.
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the S-adenosylmethionine-binding protein family. It is a nucleolar protein and may be involved in the processing and modification of rRNA. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene.
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