Structural Insights of the Specificity and Catalysis of a Viral Histone H3 Lysine 27 Methyltransferase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-96

  Qian, Chengmin ^a   Wang, Xueqi ^a   Manzur, Karishma ^a   Sachchidanand, ^a   Farooq, Amjad ^a   Zeng, Lei ^a   Wang, Rong ^a   Zhou, Ming Ming ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lysine 27; structure; vSET

Indexed keywords

ENZYME VARIANT; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; METHYL GROUP; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHLORELLA VIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTAGENESIS; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EUKARYOTA; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA CHLORELLA VIRUS 1;

EID: 33646203168     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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