S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Methyltransferases

Description

"This volume, written by an international group of scientists, presents an overview of the AdoMet-dependent methyltransferases, with special emphasis on structure-function relationships. S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) is the second most commonly used enzyme cofactor after ATP. The AdoMet-dependent methyltransferases act on a wide variety of target molecules, including DNA, RNA, proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, and a range of small molecules."--Jacket.

First Sentence

It was in the 1940s that Du Vigneaud and colleagues found that a substantial fraction of the methyl groups in cell metabolites derived from methionine, and in the 1950s [10] Cantoni and colleagues found that the actual methyl donor is the ATP-activated form of methionine, S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet).

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Other Editions

• S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Methyltransferases: Structures and FunctionsHardcoverWorld Scientific Publishing Company2000-07-01
• S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent MethyltransferasesWorld Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd1999-01-01