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SUBMITTER: Blum G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3647616 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blum Gil G Islam Kabirul K Luo Minkui M
Current protocols in chemical biology 20130101 1
Protein methyltransferases (PMTs) utilize S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) as a cofactor and transfer its sulfonium methyl moiety to diverse substrates. These methylation events can lead to meaningful biological outcomes, from transcriptional activation/silencing to cell cycle regulation. This article describes recently developed technology based on protein engineering in tandem with SAM analog cofactors and bioorthogonal click chemistry to unambiguously profile the substrates of a specific PMT. Th ...[more]