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Current Release: PANTHER 19.0 | 15,683 family phylogenetic trees | 144 species | News
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PANTHER Class Information

Name:	macromolecule methylation
Definition:	The covalent attachment of a methyl residue to one or more monomeric units in a polypeptide, polynucleotide, polysaccharide, or other biological macromolecule.
Class ID:	GO:0043414
Parent Lineages:	biological_process> metabolic process> organic substance metabolic process> macromolecule metabolic process> macromolecule modification> macromolecule methylation biological_process> metabolic process> methylation> macromolecule methylation
Child:	DNA methylation RNA methylation
Number Subfamilies/Families:	285