CARM1(PRMT4)methylates(mono-andasymmetricdimethylation)thearginineresiduesinseveralproteinsinvolvedinDNApackaging,transcriptionregulation,pre-mRNAsplicing,andmRNAst
ABIlity.ItisrecruitedtopromotersupongeneactivationtogetherwithhistoneacetyltransferasesfromEP300/P300andp160families,methylateshistoneH3atArg17(H3R17me),formingmainlyasymmetricdimethylarginine(H3R17me2a),resultingintranscriptionactivationviachromatinremodeling.CARMalsomethylatesargininesinseveralotherproteins,includingEP300/P300atArg-2142,Arg-580,andArg-604.CARM1actsascoactivatorforPPARG,andseemstobeinvolvedinp53/TP53transcriptionalactivation.