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Title: Allosteric and catalytic binding of S-adenosylmethionine to Escherichia coli DNA adenine methyltransferase monitored by 3H NMR

Journal Article · · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States)
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  1. Departement de Biologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

Adenine methylation of GATC sequences in DNA is carried out by the DNA adenine methyltransferase with the methyl group source being the cofactor S-adenosylmethionine. The authors report 3H NMR studies on the interaction of DNA adenine methyltransferase with S-adenosylmethionine and the reaction when the ternary complex is formed with an oligonucleotide containing a GATC site. The methylation reaction was also studied in the presence of a competitive inhibitor and this showed two successive stages involved in the methylation and two sites of binding for S-adenosylmethionine.

OSTI ID:
5191226
Journal Information:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States), Vol. 88:15; ISSN 0027-8424
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English