Biomaterial Database

Protein carboxyl methylation-demethylation may be involved in gene activation. 1988

J A Duerre

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine Grand Forks 58202.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008099	Liver	A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances.	Livers
D011496	Protein Methyltransferases	Enzymes that catalyze the methylation of amino acids after their incorporation into a polypeptide chain. S-Adenosyl-L-methionine acts as the methylating agent. EC 2.1.1.	Protein Methylase,Protein Methylases,Protein Methyltransferase,Methylase, Protein,Methylases, Protein,Methyltransferase, Protein,Methyltransferases, Protein
D011497	Protein O-Methyltransferase	An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of methyl groups from S-adenosylmethionine to free carboxyl groups of a protein molecule forming methyl esters. EC 2.1.1.-.	Protein Carboxylmethyltransferase,Protein Methylase II,Protein Methyltransferase II,Protein Carboxyl-Methylase,Protein Carboxymethylase,Protein O-Carboxymethyltransferase,Protein-Glutamic(Aspartic)-Methyltransferase,S-Adenosylmethionine Protein Carboxymethyltransferase,S-Adenosylmethionine Protein O-Methyltransferase,S-Adenosylmethionine-Protein Carboxymethyl Transferase,Carboxyl-Methylase, Protein,Carboxylmethyltransferase, Protein,Carboxymethyl Transferase, S-Adenosylmethionine-Protein,Carboxymethylase, Protein,Carboxymethyltransferase, S-Adenosylmethionine Protein,Methylase II, Protein,Methyltransferase II, Protein,O-Carboxymethyltransferase, Protein,O-Methyltransferase, Protein,O-Methyltransferase, S-Adenosylmethionine Protein,Protein Carboxyl Methylase,Protein Carboxymethyltransferase, S-Adenosylmethionine,Protein O Carboxymethyltransferase,Protein O Methyltransferase,Protein O-Methyltransferase, S-Adenosylmethionine,S Adenosylmethionine Protein Carboxymethyl Transferase,S Adenosylmethionine Protein Carboxymethyltransferase,S Adenosylmethionine Protein O Methyltransferase,Transferase, S-Adenosylmethionine-Protein Carboxymethyl
D011499	Protein Processing, Post-Translational	Any of various enzymatically catalyzed post-translational modifications of PEPTIDES or PROTEINS in the cell of origin. These modifications include carboxylation; HYDROXYLATION; ACETYLATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; METHYLATION; GLYCOSYLATION; ubiquitination; oxidation; proteolysis; and crosslinking and result in changes in molecular weight and electrophoretic motility.	Amino Acid Modification, Post-Translational,Post-Translational Modification,Post-Translational Protein Modification,Posttranslational Modification,Protein Modification, Post-Translational,Amino Acid Modification, Posttranslational,Post-Translational Amino Acid Modification,Post-Translational Modifications,Post-Translational Protein Processing,Posttranslational Amino Acid Modification,Posttranslational Modifications,Posttranslational Protein Processing,Protein Processing, Post Translational,Protein Processing, Posttranslational,Amino Acid Modification, Post Translational,Modification, Post-Translational,Modification, Post-Translational Protein,Modification, Posttranslational,Modifications, Post-Translational,Modifications, Post-Translational Protein,Modifications, Posttranslational,Post Translational Amino Acid Modification,Post Translational Modification,Post Translational Modifications,Post Translational Protein Modification,Post Translational Protein Processing,Post-Translational Protein Modifications,Processing, Post-Translational Protein,Processing, Posttranslational Protein,Protein Modification, Post Translational,Protein Modifications, Post-Translational
D002460	Cell Line	Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely.	Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D005786	Gene Expression Regulation	Any of the processes by which nuclear, cytoplasmic, or intercellular factors influence the differential control (induction or repression) of gene action at the level of transcription or translation.	Gene Action Regulation,Regulation of Gene Expression,Expression Regulation, Gene,Regulation, Gene Action,Regulation, Gene Expression
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013347	Subcellular Fractions	Components of a cell produced by various separation techniques which, though they disrupt the delicate anatomy of a cell, preserve the structure and physiology of its functioning constituents for biochemical and ultrastructural analysis. (From Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2d ed, p163)	Fraction, Subcellular,Fractions, Subcellular,Subcellular Fraction