Non-histone protein methylation: biological significance and bioengineering potential

R Di Blasi, O Blyuss, JF Timms, D Conole… - ACS chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein methylation is a key post-translational modification whose effects on gene
expression have been intensively studied over the last two decades. Recently, renewed …

METTL9 mediated N1-histidine methylation of zinc transporters is required for tumor growth

M Lv, D Cao, L Zhang, C Hu, S Li, P Zhang, L Zhu… - Protein & …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Histidine methylation has been known for many years (Searle and Westall, 1951), but only a
few proteins carrying such modifications have been studied (Webb et al., 2010; Al-Hadid et …

Molecular basis for arginine C-terminal degron recognition by Cul2FEM1 E3 ligase

X Chen, S Liao, Y Makaros, Q Guo, Z Zhu… - Nature Chemical …, 2021 - nature.com
Degrons are elements within protein substrates that mediate the interaction with specific
degradation machineries to control proteolysis. Recently, a few classes of C-terminal …

Regulation of actin isoforms in cellular and developmental processes

AS Kashina - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Actin is one of the most abundant and essential intracellular proteins that mediates nearly
every form of cellular movement and underlies such key processes as embryogenesis …

Genome-wide DNA methylation profiles provide insight into epigenetic regulation of red and white muscle development in Chinese perch Siniperca chuatsi

Y Pan, L Chen, J Cheng, X Zhu, P Wu, L Bao… - … and Physiology Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fish skeletal muscles are composed of spatially well-separated fiber types, namely, red and
white muscles with different physiological functions and metabolism. To compare the DNA …

METTL18-mediated histidine methylation of RPL3 modulates translation elongation for proteostasis maintenance

E Matsuura-Suzuki, T Shimazu, M Takahashi… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Protein methylation occurs predominantly on lysine and arginine residues, but histidine also
serves as a methylation substrate. However, a limited number of enzymes responsible for …

Molecular basis for METTL9-mediated N1-histidine methylation

X Wang, H Xie, Q Guo, D Cao, W Ru, S Zhao, Z Zhu… - Cell Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Dear Editor, Methylation is one of the most abundant and common posttranslational
modifications (PTMs) and plays important roles in a wide range of cellular events 1, 2 …

siRNA screening identifies METTL9 as a histidine Nπ-methyltransferase that targets the proinflammatory protein S100A9

H Daitoku, M Someya, K Kako, T Hayashi… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Protein methylation is one of the most common post-translational modifications observed in
basic amino acid residues, including lysine, arginine, and histidine. Histidine methylation …

SETD3 acts as a prognostic marker in breast cancer patients and modulates the viability and invasion of breast cancer cells

N Hassan, N Rutsch, B Győrffy… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
In several carcinomas, the SET Domain Containing 3, Actin Histidine Methyltransferase
(SETD3) is associated with oncogenesis. However, there is little knowledge about the role of …

The methyltransferase SETD3-mediated histidine methylation: biological functions and potential implications in cancers

WJ Shu, HN Du - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2021 - Elsevier
SETD3 belongs to a family of SET-domain containing proteins. Recently, SETD3 was found
as the first and so-far the only known metazoan histidine methyltransferase that catalyzes …