S-adenosylmethionine and protein methylation.
The enzymes responsible for protein methylation by S-adenosylmethionine, both at the carboxyl groups and at the nitrogen groups, are reviewed. The possibility that the reactions involved may be reversible is also considered.
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Dipartimento di Medicina e Oncologia Sperimentale, Sezione di Biochimica, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy. mariaangelica.grillo@unito.it
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008745:Methylation; D011496:Protein Methyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000502:physiology*; D012436:S-Adenosylmethionine / Q000378:metabolism*
D012436:S-Adenosylmethionine; D011496:Protein Methyltransferases