Detection of substrate binding motifs for morphine biosynthetic pathway intermediates in novel wound inducible (R,S)-reticuline 7-O-methyltransferase of Papaver somniferum [PDF]
, 2011 The benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIA) comprise a large and diverse group of nitrogen-containing secondary metabolites with about 2500 compounds identified in plants.
Abha Meena +5 more
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PRMT5 function and targeting in cancer
Cell Stress, 2020 Protein methyl transferases play critical roles in numerous regulatory pathways that underlie cancer development, progression and therapy-response. Here we discuss the function of PRMT5, a member of the nine-member PRMT family, in controlling oncogenic ...
Hyungsoo Kim, Ze’ev A. Ronai
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Amaranth has become increasingly popular due to its highly nutritious grains and ability to tolerate environmental stress. The mechanism underlying defense and adaptation to environmental stress is a complicated process involving DNA methylation and ...
Veronika Lancíková +2 more
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Lignin engineering in forest trees [PDF]
, 2019 Wood is a renewable resource that is mainly composed of lignin and cell wall polysaccharides. The polysaccharide fraction is valuable as it can be converted into pulp and paper, or into fermentable sugars.
Alvarenga Chanoca, Alexandra +2 more
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Viruses, 2021 Eukaryotic nucleic acid methyltransferase (MTase) proteins are essential mediators of epigenetic and epitranscriptomic regulation. DNMT2 belongs to a large, conserved family of DNA MTases found in many organisms, including holometabolous insects such as ...
Tamanash Bhattacharya +4 more
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Abnormality of m6A mRNA Methylation Is Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is highly prevalent in older adults. The main clinical feature is the progressive decline of memory function, which eventually leads to the decline of cognitive function.
Min Han +7 more
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Localization of SARS-CoV-2 Capping Enzymes Revealed by an Antibody against the nsp10 Subunit
Viruses, 2021 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic. One of the key components of the coronavirus replication complex are the RNA methyltransferases (MTases), RNA-modifying enzymes ...
Vladimira Horova +9 more
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The enzymes LSD1 and Set1A cooperate with the viral protein HBx to establish an active hepatitis B viral chromatin state [PDF]
, 2016 Indexación: Web of ScienceWith about 350 million people chronically infected around the world hepatitis B is a major health problem. Template for progeny HBV synthesis is the viral genome, organized as a minichromosome (cccDNA) inside the hepatocyte ...
Alarcon, V +9 more
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Clinical and Biological Significances of a Methyltransferase-Related Signature in Diffuse Glioma
Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 Methylation of DNA, RNA or protein is a reversible modification. The proteins and genes that regulate this modification can be a candidate target for tumor therapy. However, the characteristics of methyltransferase related genes in glioma remain obscure.
Ying Zhang +11 more
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DNMT3B in vitro knocking-down is able to reverse embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma cell phenotype through inhibition of proliferation and induction of myogenic differentiation [PDF]
, 2016 Aberrant DNA methylation has been frequently observed in many human cancers, including rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children.
Camero, Simona +11 more
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