title: Arginine Methylation: The Coming of Age.
abstract: Arginine methylation is a common post-translational modification functioning as an epigenetic regulator of transcription and playing key roles in pre-mRNA splicing, DNA damage signaling, mRNA translation, cell signaling, and cell fate decision. Recently, a wealth of studies using transgenic mouse models and selective PRMT inhibitors helped define physiological roles for protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) linking them to diseases such as cancer and metabolic, neurodegenerative, and muscular disorders. This review describes the recent molecular advances that have been uncovered in normal and diseased mammalian cells.
authors.affiliation: Terry Fox Molecular Oncology Group and the Bloomfield Center for Research on Aging, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada; Departments of Oncology and Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC H2W 1S6, Canada.
authors.forename: Roméo S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.affiliation: Terry Fox Molecular Oncology Group and the Bloomfield Center for Research on Aging, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada; Departments of Oncology and Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC H2W 1S6, Canada. Electronic address: stephane.richard@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D004249:DNA Damage; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008745:Methylation; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000187:drug effects; D011484:Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D001120:Arginine; D011484:Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases
keywords: PRMT1; PRMT5; and S-adenosyl-methionine; arginine; demethylase; epigenetic; methylarginine; methylation; methyltransferase; post-translational modification