The UHRF1 protein stimulates the activity and specificity of the maintenance DNA methyltransferase DNMT1 by an allosteric mechanism

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4106-4115

  Bashtrykov, Pavel ^a,c   Jankevicius, Gytis ^b   Jurkowska, Renata Z ^a   Ragozin, Sergey ^a   Jeltsch, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME MECHANISMS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84894150374     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.528893     Document Type: Article

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