Biochemical reconstitution and phylogenetic comparison of human SET1 family core complexes involved in histone methylation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 6361-6375

  Shinsky, Stephen A ^a   Monteith, Kelsey E ^a   Viggiano, Susan ^a   Cosgrove, Michael S ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; HISTONE METHYLATION; METAZOAN DEVELOPMENT; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENETIC COMPARISONS; STANDARD CONDITIONS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATIONS;

PROTEINS;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA TRITHORAX PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PROTEIN MLL3; PROTEIN SET1; PROTEIN WRAD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DPY30 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; MLL PROTEIN, HUMAN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; SETD1A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTONE METHYLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

DROSOPHILA TRITHORAX; METAZOA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84924777820     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.627646     Document Type: Article

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