Mechanism of multiple lysine methylation by the SET domain enzyme Rubisco LSMT

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 545-552

  Trievel, Raymond C ^a   Flynn, E Megan ^b   Houtz, Robert L ^b   Hurley, James H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSILON N METHYLLYSINE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HOLOENZYME; LARGE SUBUNIT METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; METHYL GROUP; PROTEIN; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SET DOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0038419637     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb946     Document Type: Article

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