The mechanism of target base attack in DNA cytosine carbon 5 methylation

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 36, 2004, Pages 11460-11473

  Svedružić, Željko M ^a,b   Reich, Norbert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAMINATION; METHYLATION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDS; SUBSTRATES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CYSTEINE; CYTOSINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE; GUANINE; ISOLEUCINE; METHYL GROUP; PYRIMIDINE; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BASE FLIPPING MECHANISM; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DEAMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTAGENESIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTON EXCHANGE REACTION; SOLVENT KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECT; STEADY STATE; TRITIUM EXCHANGE REACTION;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CYTOSINE; DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE MEASUREMENT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PROTONS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRITIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4444243400     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0496743     Document Type: Article

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