Lysine methylation: beyond histones

X Zhang, H Wen, X Shi - Acta Biochim Biophys Sin, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of histone proteins, such as acetylation, methylation,
phosphorylation, and ubiquitylation, play essential roles in regulating chromatin dynamics …

Emerging roles of lysine methylation on non-histone proteins

X Zhang, Y Huang, X Shi - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Lysine methylation is a common posttranslational modification (PTM) of histones that is
important for the epigenetic regulation of transcription and chromatin in eukaryotes …

Labeling Substrates of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase with Engineered Enzymes and Matched S-Adenosyl-l-methionine Analogues

R Wang, W Zheng, H Yu, H Deng… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Elucidating physiological and pathogenic functions of protein methyltransferases (PMTs)
relies on knowing their substrate profiles. S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) is the sole methyl …

Approaching the catalytic mechanism of protein lysine methyltransferases by biochemical and simulation techniques

P Schnee, J Pleiss, A Jeltsch - Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Protein lysine methyltransferases (PKMTs) transfer up to three methyl groups to the side
chains of lysine residues in proteins and fulfill important regulatory functions by controlling …

Modification site localization scoring: strategies and performance

RJ Chalkley, KR Clauser - Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2012 - ASBMB
Using enrichment strategies many research groups are routinely producing large data sets
of post-translationally modified peptides for proteomic analysis using tandem mass …

Bioorthogonal Profiling of Protein Methylation Using Azido Derivative of S-Adenosyl-l-methionine

K Islam, I Bothwell, Y Chen, C Sengelaub… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Protein methyltransferases (PMTs) play critical roles in multiple biological processes.
Because PMTs often function in vivo through forming multimeric protein complexes …

Expanding cofactor repertoire of protein lysine methyltransferase for substrate labeling

K Islam, W Zheng, H Yu, H Deng, M Luo - ACS chemical biology, 2011 - ACS Publications
Protein lysine methyltransferases (PKMTs) play crucial roles in normal physiology and
disease processes. Profiling PKMT targets is an important but challenging task. With cancer …

Nanofluidic device for detection of lysine methylpeptides and sensing of lysine methylation

Y Xiong, M Li, Y Cao, Z Li, Y Chang, X Zhao… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Protein methylation is the smallest possible yet vitally important post-translational
modification (PTM). This small and chemically inert addition in proteins makes the analysis …

Transcriptional regulation by the Set7 lysine methyltransferase

S Keating, A El-Osta - Epigenetics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Posttranslational histone modifications define chromatin structure and function. In recent
years, a number of studies have characterized many of the enzymatic activities and diverse …

Lysine methylation signaling of non-histone proteins in the nucleus

D Levy - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Lysine methylation, catalyzed by protein lysine methyltransferases (PKMTs), is a central post-
translational modification regulating many signaling pathways. It has direct and indirect …