A radically different mechanism for S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases

Science

Volumn 332, Issue 6029, 2011, Pages 604-607

  Grove, Tyler L ^a   Benner, Jack S ^b   Radle, Matthew I ^a   Ahlum, Jessica H ^a   Landgraf, Bradley J ^a   Krebs, Carsten ^a   Booker, Squire J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Chemical Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 23S; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACID; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; METHANE; METHYLATION; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME;

ADENOSINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; CARBON; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGEN; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79955526574     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1200877     Document Type: Article

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