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 …

[HTML][HTML] SMYD3: a regulator of epigenetic and signaling pathways in cancer

BJ Bernard, N Nigam, K Burkitt, V Saloura - Clinical Epigenetics, 2021 - Springer
Chromatin modifiers and their implications in oncogenesis have been an exciting area of
cancer research. These are enzymes that modify chromatin via post-translational …

[HTML][HTML] The catalytic mechanism of the RNA methyltransferase METTL3

I Corbeski, PA Vargas-Rosales, RK Bedi, J Deng… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
The complex of methyltransferase-like proteins 3 and 14 (METTL3-14) is the major enzyme
that deposits N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) modifications on messenger RNA (mRNA) in …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of the conformational change of the protein methyltransferase SMYD3: a molecular dynamics simulation study

J Sun, Z Li, N Yang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
SMYD3 is a SET-domain-containing methyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of methyl
groups onto lysine residues of substrate proteins. Methylation of MAP3K2 by SMYD3 has …

[HTML][HTML] SMYD3 promotes colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) progression by mediating cell proliferation and apoptosis

FR Yue, ZB Wei, RZ Yan, QH Guo… - Experimental and …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) is a type of common malignant tumor originating in the
digestive tract. Recently, targeted therapy has had significant effects on the treatment of …

Role of MEKK2 Phosphorylation at Threonine 263 on SMYD3-Mediated Methylation of Lysine 260

RN Corridore - 2024 - yorkspace.library.yorku.ca
MEKK2 is a protein serine/threonine-kinase involved in the activation of many MAP-kinase
signalling pathways. In a previous study, SMYD3-mediated methylation at K260 of MEKK2 …