The functions of crucial cysteine residues in the arsenite methylation catalyzed by recombinant human arsenic (III) methyltransferase

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Shuping ^a   Geng, Zhirong ^a   Shi, Nan ^a   Li, Xiangli ^a   Wang, Zhilin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENITE SODIUM; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT HUMAN ARSENIC METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; AS3MT PROTEIN, HUMAN; CACODYLIC ACID; DIMETHYLARSINOUS ACID; METHIONINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ARSENIC; ARSENITES; CACODYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84908565763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110924     Document Type: Article

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