2.1.1.57 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a 5'-(N7-methyl 5'-triphosphoguanosine)-(ribonucleotide)-[mRNA] = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a 5'-(N7-methyl 5'-triphosphoguanosine)-(2'-O-methyl-ribonucleotide)-[mRNA] binding sites of the enzyme for the terminal cap nucleotide, m7G, the cap-proximal RNA, and for RNA, immediately downstream, are characterized 2.1.1.57 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a 5'-(N7-methyl 5'-triphosphoguanosine)-(ribonucleotide)-[mRNA] = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a 5'-(N7-methyl 5'-triphosphoguanosine)-(2'-O-methyl-ribonucleotide)-[mRNA] R may be guanine or adenosine, mechanism 2.1.1.57 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a 5'-(N7-methyl 5'-triphosphoguanosine)-(ribonucleotide)-[mRNA] = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a 5'-(N7-methyl 5'-triphosphoguanosine)-(2'-O-methyl-ribonucleotide)-[mRNA] nucleotide binding analysis based on crystal structure 2.1.1.57 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a 5'-(N7-methyl 5'-triphosphoguanosine)-(ribonucleotide)-[mRNA] = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a 5'-(N7-methyl 5'-triphosphoguanosine)-(2'-O-methyl-ribonucleotide)-[mRNA] simple one-step reaction mechanism, only the positively charged keto tautomer of the cap is recognized and bound. Binding is achieved almost entirely by the interactions of m7guanosine with two aromatic residues in a cation-pi sandwich