Protein Methyltransferases
"Protein Methyltransferases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzymes that catalyze the methylation of amino acids after their incorporation into a polypeptide chain. S-Adenosyl-L-methionine acts as the methylating agent. EC 2.1.1.
| Descriptor ID |
D011496
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.555.500.800
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The histone methyltransferase SETDB1 and the DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A interact directly and localize to promoters silenced in cancer cells. J Biol Chem. 2006 Jul 14; 281(28):19489-500.