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Kinetic mechanism of protein arginine methyltransferase 1

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authors

  • Obianyo, O.
  • Osborne, T. C.
  • Thompson, Paul

publication date

  • 2008

journal

  • Biochemistry  Journal

abstract

  • Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) are SAM-dependent enzymes that catalyze the mono- and dimethylation of peptidyl arginine residues. Although all PRMTs produce monomethyl arginine (MMA), type 1 PRMTs go on to form asymmetrically dimethylated arginine (ADMA), while type 2 enzymes form symmetrically dimethylated arginine (SDMA). PRMT1 is the major type 1 PRMT in vivo, thus it is the primary producer of the competitive NOS inhibitor, ADMA. Hence, potent inhibitors, which are highly selective for this particular isozyme, could serve as excellent therapeutics for heart disease. However, the design of such inhibitors is impeded by a lack of information regarding this enzyme's kinetic and catalytic mechanisms. Herein we report an analysis of the kinetic mechanism of human PRMT1 using both an unmethylated and a monomethylated substrate peptide based on the N-terminus of histone H4. The results of initial velocity and product and dead-end inhibition experiments indicate that PRMT1 utilizes a rapid equilibrium random mechanism with the formation of dead-end EAP and EBQ complexes. This mechanism is gratifyingly consistent with previous results demonstrating that PRMT1 catalyzes substrate dimethylation in a partially processive manner.

subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Heart Diseases
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes
  • Kinetics
  • Methylation
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2933744

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0006-2960

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1021/bi800904m

PubMed ID

  • 18771293
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 10420

end page

  • 10427

volume

  • 47

issue

  • 39

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