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Protein Arginine N‐Methyltransferase Substrate Preferences for Different Nη‐Substituted Arginyl Peptides 下载免费PDF全文
Dylan Thomas Timo Koopmans Dr. Ted M. Lakowski Helmi Kreinin Mynol I. Vhuiyan Shona A. Sedlock Dr. Jennifer M. Bui Dr. Nathaniel I. Martin Dr. Adam Frankel 《Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology》2014,15(11):1607-1613
Protein arginine N‐methyltransferases (PRMTs) catalyze methyl‐group transfer from S‐adenosyl‐L ‐methionine onto arginine residues in proteins. In this study, modifications were introduced at the guanidine moiety of a peptidyl arginine residue to investigate how changes to the PRMT substrate can modulate enzyme activity. We found that peptides bearing Nη‐hydroxy or Nη‐amino substituted arginine showed higher apparent kcat values than for the monomethylated substrate when using PRMT1, whereas this catalytic preference was not observed for PRMT4 and PRMT6. Methylation by compromised PRMT1 variants E153Q and D51N further supports the finding that the N‐hydroxy substitution facilitates methyl transfer by tuning the reactivity of the guanidine moiety. In contrast, Nη‐nitro and Nη‐canavanine substituted substrates inhibit PRMT activity. These findings demonstrate that methylation of these PRMT substrates is dependent on the nature of the modification at the guanidine moiety. 相似文献
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Joanna Janisiak Patrycja Kopytko Marta Tkacz Dorota Rogiska Magdalena Peruyska Bogusaw Machaliski Andrzej Pawlik Maciej Tarnowski 《International journal of molecular sciences》2021,22(15)
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a malignant soft tissue cancer that develops mostly in children and young adults. With regard to histopathology, four rhabdomyosarcoma types are distinguishable: embryonal, alveolar, pleomorphic and spindle/sclerosing. Currently, increased amounts of evidence indicate that not only gene mutations, but also epigenetic modifications may be involved in the development of RMS. Epigenomic changes regulate the chromatin architecture and affect the interaction between DNA strands, histones and chromatin binding proteins, thus, are able to control gene expression. The main aim of the study was to assess the role of protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMT) in the cellular biology of rhabdomyosarcoma. In the study we used two pan-inhibitors of PRMT, called AMI-1 and SAH, and evaluated their effects on proliferation and apoptosis of RMS cells. We observed that AMI-1 and SAH reduce the invasive phenotype of rhabdomyosarcoma cells by decreasing their proliferation rate, cell viability and ability to form cell colonies. In addition, microarray analysis revealed that these inhibitors attenuate the activity of the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway and affect expression of genes related to it. 相似文献
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Improvement of SNAr Reaction Rate by an Electron‐Withdrawing Group in the Crosslinking of DNA Cytosine‐5 Methyltransferase by a Covalent Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Inhibitor 下载免费PDF全文
Yukiko Kasai Prof. Kousuke Sato Shohei Utsumi Prof. Satoshi Ichikawa 《Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology》2018,19(17):1866-1872
DNA cytosine 5‐methyltransferase (DNMT) catalyzes methylation at the C5 position of the cytosine residues in the CpG sequence. Aberrant DNA methylation patterns are found in cancer cells. Therefore, inhibition of human DNMT is an effective strategy for treating various cancers. The inhibitors of DNMT have an electron‐deficient nucleobase because this group facilitates attack by the catalytic Cys residue in DNMTs. Recently, we reported the synthesis and properties of mechanism‐based modified nucleosides, 2‐amino‐4‐halopyridine‐C‐nucleosides (dXP), as inhibitors of DNMT. To develop a more efficient inhibitor of DNMT for oligonucleotide therapeutics, oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ODNs) containing other nucleoside analogues, which react more quickly with DNMT, are needed. Herein, we describe the design, synthesis, and evaluation of the properties of 2‐amino‐3‐cyano‐4‐halopyridine‐C‐nucleosides (dXPCN) and ODNs containing dXPCN, as more reactive inhibitors of DNMTs. Nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) of the designed nucleosides, dXPCN, was faster than that of dXP, and the ODN containing dXPCN effectively formed a complex with DNMTs. This study suggests that the incorporation of an electron‐withdrawing group would be an effective method to increase reactivity toward the nucleophile of the DNMTs, while maintaining high specificity. 相似文献
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Qiqi Ling Jiayao Liao Xiang Liu Yue Zhou Yexiong Qian 《International journal of molecular sciences》2022,23(21)
Histone methylation, as one of the important epigenetic regulatory mechanisms, plays a significant role in growth and developmental processes and stress responses of plants, via altering the methylation status or ratio of arginine and lysine residues of histone tails, which can affect the regulation of gene expression. Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) have been revealed to be responsible for histone methylation of specific arginine residues in plants, which is important for maintaining pleiotropic development and adaptation to abiotic stresses in plants. Here, for the first time, a total of eight PRMT genes in maize have been identified and characterized in this study, named as ZmPRMT1-8. According to comparative analyses of phylogenetic relationship and structural characteristics among PRMT gene family members from several representative species, all maize 8 PRMT proteins were categorized into three distinct subfamilies. Further, schematic structure and chromosome location analyses displayed evolutionarily conserved structure features and an unevenly distribution on maize chromosomes of ZmPRMT genes, respectively. The expression patterns of ZmPRMT genes in different tissues and under various abiotic stresses (heat, drought, and salt) were determined. The expression patterns of ZmPRMT genes indicated that they play a role in regulating growth and development and responses to abiotic stress. Eventually, to verify the biological roles of ZmPRMT genes, the transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing ZmPRMT1 gene was constructed as a typical representative. The results demonstrated that overexpression of ZmPRMT1 can promote earlier flowering time and confer enhanced heat tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. Taken together, our results are the first to report the roles of ZmPRMT1 gene in regulating flowering time and resisting heat stress response in plants and will provide a vital theoretical basis for further unraveling the functional roles and epigenetic regulatory mechanism of ZmPRMT genes in maize growth, development and responses to abiotic stresses. 相似文献
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