RNA methylation by Radical SAM enzymes RlmN and Cfr proceeds via methylene transfer and hydride shift

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3930-3934

  Yan, Feng ^a   Fujimori, Danica Galonić ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymatic methylation; RNA modification

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 3 CARBOXYPROPYL; 5' DEOXYADENOSYL; ADENOSINE NUCLEOTIDE; CARBENE; CARBON; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; HYDROLASE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLSYNTHASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN CFR; PROTEIN RLMN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME MECHANISM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA METHYLATION;

ALKENES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 79952748781     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017781108     Document Type: Article

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