Crystal structure of the conserved core of protein arginine methyltransferase PRMT3

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3509-3519

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Zhou, Lan ^a   Cheng, Xiaodong ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AdoMet dependent methyltransferase; PRMT dimer; PRMT3; Protein arginine methylation; Xenon derivatization

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0034679591     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.14.3509     Document Type: Article

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