Chemical and biochemical perspectives of protein lysine methylation

M Luo - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Protein lysine methylation is a distinct posttranslational modification that causes minimal
changes in the size and electrostatic status of lysine residues. Lysine methylation plays …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in avian egg science: A review

PB Wilson - Poultry science, 2017 - Elsevier
Eggs and egg products form an integral part of the food chain. As such, research into egg
structure, function, and production has made an important contribution to the field of poultry …

Mechanism of cobalamin-mediated reductive dehalogenation of chloroethylenes

L Ji, C Wang, S Ji, KP Kepp, P Paneth - ACS Catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
Reductive dehalogenation involving cobalamin has been proved to be a promising strategy
for decontamination of the polluted environment. However, cob (I) alamin can act both as a …

Quantum mechanical description of electrostatics provides a unified picture of catalytic action across methyltransferases

Z Yang, F Liu, AH Steeves, HJ Kulik - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Methyl transferases (MTases) are a well-studied class of enzymes for which competing
enzymatic enhancement mechanisms have been suggested, ranging from structural methyl …

Equatorial Active Site Compaction and Electrostatic Reorganization in Catechol-O-methyltransferase

S Czarnota, LO Johannissen, NJ Baxter, F Rummel… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is a model S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM)
dependent methyl transferase, which catalyzes the methylation of catecholamine …

Kinetic isotope effects reveal early transition state of protein lysine methyltransferase SET8

JA Linscott, K Kapilashrami, Z Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Protein lysine methyltransferases (PKMTs) catalyze the methylation of protein substrates,
and their dysregulation has been linked to many diseases, including cancer. Accumulated …

Hydrogen deuterium exchange defines catalytically linked regions of protein flexibility in the catechol O-methyltransferase reaction

J Zhang, JL Balsbaugh, S Gao… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Human catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) has emerged as a model for understanding
enzyme-catalyzed methyl transfer from S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) to small-molecule …

Convergent Mechanistic Features between the Structurally Diverse N- and O-Methyltransferases: Glycine N-Methyltransferase and Catechol O-Methyltransferase

J Zhang, JP Klinman - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016 - ACS Publications
Although an enormous and still growing number of biologically diverse methyltransferases
have been reported and identified, a comprehensive understanding of the enzymatic methyl …

Catalytic Reaction Mechanism in Native and Mutant Catechol-O-methyltransferase from the Adaptive String Method and Mean Reaction Force Analysis

DA Saez, K Zinovjev, I Tuñón… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Catechol-O-methyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the methylation reaction of
dopamine by S-adenosylmethionine, increasing the reaction rate by almost 16 orders of …

Kinetic Isotope Effects and Transition State Structure for Human Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase

CF Stratton, MB Poulin, Q Du… - ACS chemical biology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) catalyzes the S-adenosyl-l-methionine
(SAM)-dependent conversion of norepinephrine to epinephrine. Epinephrine has been …