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 …

Structure, activity and function of the Suv39h1 and Suv39h2 protein lysine methyltransferases

S Weirich, MS Khella, A Jeltsch - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
SUV39H1 and SUV39H2 were the first protein lysine methyltransferases that were identified
more than 20 years ago. Both enzymes introduce di-and trimethylation at histone H3 lysine 9 …

The T1150A cancer mutant of the protein lysine dimethyltransferase NSD2 can introduce H3K36 trimethylation

MS Khella, P Schnee, S Weirich, T Bui, A Bröhm… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Protein lysine methyltransferases (PKMTs) play essential roles in gene expression
regulation and cancer development. Somatic mutations in PKMTs are frequently observed in …

Discovery of NSD2 non-histone substrates and design of a super-substrate

S Weirich, D Kusevic, P Schnee, J Reiter… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
The human protein lysine methyltransferase NSD2 catalyzes dimethylation at H3K36. It has
very important roles in development and disease but many mechanistic features and its full …

Editorial of Special Issue “Protein Post-Translational Modifications in Signal Transduction and Diseases”

C D'Amore, M Salvi - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The making of a protein is based on the combination of 20 different monomers (22
considering selenocysteine and pyrrolysine, the latest present only in some archaea and …

[图书][B] Novel Modalities of Gene Regulation Engineering for Eukaryotic Synthetic Biology

J Lee - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Synthetic Biology is the engineering of biological systems to better understand principles of
native biology as well as to impart new and useful functions that could have societal benefit …