Catalytic mechanism of glycine N-methyltransferase

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 28, 2003, Pages 8394-8402

  Takata, Yoshimi ^a,b   Huang, Yafei ^a,c   Komoto, Junichi ^a   Yamada, Taro ^a   Konishi, Kiyoshi ^b,d   Ogawa, Hirofumi ^b   Gomi, Tomoharu ^b   Fujioka, Motoji ^b   Takusagawa, Fusao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMES; SUBSTRATES;

BINARY COMPLEXES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SARCOSINE; SUBSTRATE FREE ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; METHYLATION; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN BONDING; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 0038457098     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi034245a     Document Type: Article

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