A dimeric viral SET domain methyltransferase specific to Lys27 of histone H3

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-196

  Manzur, Karishma L ^a   Farooq, Amjad ^a   Zeng, Lei ^a   Plotnikova, Olga ^a   Koch, Alexander W ^a   Sachchidanand, ^a   Zhou, Ming Ming ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLORELLA VIRUS; DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PARAMECIUM; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

CHLORELLA VIRUS; EUKARYOTA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037337003     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb898     Document Type: Article

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