解像度1.07 ÅでヒトMAT2Aによるトリフォスファート水解のメカニズム

Agnidipta Ghosh1, Courtney N Niland1, Sean M Cahill1

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, United States.

まとめ

メチオニンアデノシルトランスフェラーゼ2A (MAT2A) は,ピロホスファート水解のメカニズムを明らかにするために,移行状態のミミクスを使用します. これは,MAT2Aが発達と癌における重要な表遺伝子メチル化反応をどのように促進するのかを明らかにしています.

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