- histone methyltransferase
- his·tone meth·yl·trans·fer·ase (hisґtōn meth″il-transґfər-ās) any of several enzymes that add methyl groups to histones, causing them to retract into chromosomes to block further transcription.
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histone methyltransferase
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Histone methyltransferase — protein Name = euchromatic histone lysine N methyltransferase 1 caption = width = HGNCid = 24650 Symbol = EHMT1 AltSymbols = EntrezGene = 79813 OMIM = 607001 RefSeq = NM 024757 UniProt = Q9H9B1 PDB = ECnumber = 2.1.1.43 Chromosome = 9 Arm = Band … Wikipedia
Histone deacetylase — Histone deacetylases (HDAC) (EC number 3.5.1) are a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups from an ε N acetyl lysine amino acid on a histone. Its action is opposite to that of histone acetyltransferase.ubtypesHDAC proteins are found in three… … Wikipedia
Histone H1 — Histone Structure d un nucléosome. On distingue les extrémités N terminales des histones se projetant à l extérieur de la partie globulaire du nucléosome Les histones sont des protéines basiques en contact étroit avec l ADN. À ce jour, cinq… … Wikipédia en Français
Methyltransferase — HaeIII methyltransferase / DNA. Rendered from PDB 1DCT … Wikipedia
Histone — In biology, histones are the chief protein components of chromatin. They act as spools around which DNA winds, and they play a role in gene regulation. Without histones, the unwound DNA in chromosomes would be very long. For example, each human… … Wikipedia
Histone — Structure d un nucléosome. On distingue les extrémités N terminales des histones se projetant à l extérieur de la partie globulaire du nucléosome Les histones sont des protéines très riches en acides aminés basiques, que l on trouve dans le noyau … Wikipédia en Français
Histone-Modifying Enzymes — The packaging of the eukaryotic genome into highly condensed chromatin makes it inaccessible to the factors required for gene transcription, DNA replication, recombination and repair. Eukaryotes have developed intricate mechanisms to overcome… … Wikipedia
Histone acetyltransferase — protein Name=Histone Acetyltransferase 1 caption= width= HGNCid=4821 Symbol=HAT1 AltSymbols= EntrezGene=8520 OMIM=603053 RefSeq=NM 003642 UniProt=O14929 PDB= ECnumber=2.3.1.48 Chromosome=2 Arm=q Band=31.2 33.1 LocusSupplementaryData=Histone… … Wikipedia
Méthyltransférase — Groupe méthyle Les méthyltransférases sont un groupe d enzymes de la famille des transférases qui, comme leur nom l indique, transfèrent un groupe méthyle d un donneur à un accepteur. Les méthyltransférases forment la sous classe EC 2.1.1 dans la … Wikipédia en Français
DNA methyltransferase — N 6 DNA Methylase crystal structure of type i restriction enzyme ecoki m protein (ec 2.1.1.72) (m.ecoki) Identifiers Symbol N6 Mtase Pfam … Wikipedia
