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histone methyltransferase activity (GO:0042054)
Catalysis of the reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + histone = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + methyl-histone. Histone methylation generally occurs on either an arginine or lysine residue
Specific
histone-arginine N-methyltransferase activity (GO:0008469)
histone-glutamine methyltransferase activity (GO:1990259)
histone-lysine N-methyltransferase activity (GO:0018024)
General
protein methyltransferase activity (GO:0008276)
References
gene ontology: GO:0042054