Phosphorylation of serine-515 activates the mammalian maintenance methyltransferase Dnmt1

Epigenetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-160

  Goyal, Rachna ^b,c   Rathert, Philipp ^a   Laser, Heike ^a   Gowher, Humaira ^a,d   Jeltsch, Albert ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Millipore India Pvt Ltd   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Dnmtl; Enzyme regulation; Phosphorylation; Serine

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; PHOSPHOSERINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT CELL; MAMMAL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 36749000637     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.2.3.4768     Document Type: Article

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