Structure of an as(III) S -adenosylmethionine methyltransferase: Insights into the mechanism of arsenic biotransformation

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 5476-5485

  Ajees, A Abdul ^a,b   Marapakala, Kavitha ^a   Packianathan, Charles ^a   Sankaran, Banumathi ^c   Rosen, Barry P ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING DOMAIN; CATALYTIC CYCLES; EUKARYOTIC ALGAE; HOMOLOGY MODELS; METHYL GROUP; METHYLTRANSFERASES; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SUBSTRATE BINDING;

ALKYLATION; DETOXIFICATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYL GROUP; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARSENIC; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHODOPHYTA; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84863740521     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi3004632     Document Type: Article

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