[HTML][HTML] Metabolism of sulfur-containing amino acids: how the body copes with excess methionine, cysteine, and sulfide

MH Stipanuk - The Journal of nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Metabolism of excess methionine (Met) to homocysteine (Hcy) by transmethylation is
facilitated by the expression of methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) I/III and glycine N …

SAM (dependent) I AM: the S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase fold

JL Martin, FM McMillan - Current opinion in structural biology, 2002 - Elsevier
The S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase enzymes share little sequence
identity, but incorporate a highly conserved structural fold. Surprisingly, residues that bind …

Aging as war between chemical and biochemical processes: protein methylation and the recognition of age-damaged proteins for repair

S Clarke - Ageing research reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
Deamidated, isomerized, and racemized aspartyl and asparaginyl residues represent a
significant part of the spontaneous damage to proteins that results from the aging process …

Mechanism and diversity of the erythromycin esterase family of enzymes

M Morar, K Pengelly, K Koteva, GD Wright - Biochemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Macrolide antibiotics such as azithromycin and erythromycin are mainstays of modern
antibacterial chemotherapy, and like all antibiotics, they are vulnerable to resistance. One …

PROTEIN l-ISOASPARTYL METHYLTRANSFERASE2 Is Differentially Expressed in Chickpea and Enhances Seed Vigor and Longevity by Reducing Abnormal …

P Verma, H Kaur, BP Petla, V Rao, SC Saxena… - Plant …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract PROTEIN l-ISOASPARTYL METHYLTRANSFERASE (PIMT) is a widely distributed
protein-repairing enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of abnormal l-isoaspartyl residues in …

How oligomerization contributes to the thermostability of an archaeon protein: protein L-isoaspartyl-O-methyltransferase from Sulfolobus tokodaii

Y Tanaka, K Tsumoto, Y Yasutake, M Umetsu… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
To study how oligomerization may contribute to the thermostability of archaeon proteins, we
focused on a hexameric protein, protein l-isoaspartyl-O-methyltransferase from Sulfolobus …

Effect of gold nanoparticles on the structure and neuroprotective function of protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT)

T Chatterjee, G Das, S Ghosh, P Chakrabarti - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Fibrillation of peptides and proteins is implicated in various neurodegenerative diseases
and is a global concern. Aging leads to the formation of abnormal isoaspartate (isoAsp) …

SiteMotif: A graph-based algorithm for deriving structural motifs in Protein Ligand binding sites

S Sankar, N Chandra - PLoS Computational Biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Studying similarities in protein molecules has become a fundamental activity in much of
biology and biomedical research, for which methods such as multiple sequence alignments …

Bioaugmentation of anaerobic digesters with the enriched lignin-degrading microbial consortia through a metagenomic approach

IC Ozsefil, IH Miraloglu, EG Ozbayram, B Ince, O Ince - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The recalcitrance of lignin impedes the efficient utilization of lignocellulosic biomass,
hindering the efficient production of biogas and value-added materials. Despite the …

The role of isoaspartate in fibrillation and its prevention by Protein-L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase

T Chatterjee, G Das, BK Chatterjee, J Dhar… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Isomerization of aspartate to isoaspartate (isoAsp) on aging causes protein
damage and malfunction. Protein-L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT) performs a …