Theoretical Insights into Catalytic Mechanism of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Ruihan ^a   Li, Xin ^b   Liang, Zhongjie ^c   Zhu, Kongkai ^a   Lu, Junyan ^a   Kong, Xiangqian ^a   Ouyang, Sisheng ^a   Li, Lin ^b   Zheng, Yujun George ^d   Luo, Cheng ^a,c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; ARGININE; PRMT1 PROTEIN, RAT; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; ANIMAL; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; QUANTUM THEORY; RAT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOCATALYSIS; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RATS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84882654707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072424     Document Type: Article

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