Functional insights from high resolution structures of mouse protein arginine methyltransferase 6

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 175-183

  Bonnefond, Luc ^a   Stojko, Johann ^a   Mailliot, Justine ^a   Troffer Charlier, Nathalie ^a   Cura, Vincent ^a   Wurtz, Jean Marie ^a   Cianférani, Sarah ^a   Cavarelli, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Methyltransferase; PRMT6; Protein structure; S adenosyl l methionine

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; HISTONE H4; METAL ION; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN PRMT6; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE 6, MOUSE;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84937817318     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.06.017     Document Type: Article

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