Structure, function and physiological role of glycine N- methyltransferase

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-26

  Ogawa, Hirofumi ^a   Gomi, Tomoharu ^a   Takusagawa, Fusao ^b   Fujioka, Motoji ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Folate binding; Recombinant glycine N methyltransferase; Sequence similarity; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SARCOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032546420     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(97)00105-2     Document Type: Article

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