Probing lysine posttranslational modifications by unnatural amino acids

MN Maas, JCJ Hintzen, J Mecinović - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Posttranslational modifications, typically small chemical tags attached on amino acids
following protein biosynthesis, have a profound effect on protein structure and function …

Trimethyllysine: from carnitine biosynthesis to epigenetics

MN Maas, JCJ Hintzen, MRB Porzberg… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Trimethyllysine is an important post-translationally modified amino acid with functions in the
carnitine biosynthesis and regulation of key epigenetic processes. Protein lysine …

Focused Screening Identifies Different Sensitivities of Human TET Oxygenases to the Oncometabolite 2-Hydroxyglutarate

R Belle, H Saraç, E Salah, B Bhushan… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ten-eleven translocation enzymes (TETs) are Fe (II)/2-oxoglutarate (2OG) oxygenases that
catalyze the sequential oxidation of 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, 5 …

The nucleophilic amino group of lysine is central for histone lysine methyltransferase catalysis

AHK Al Temimi, HIV Amatdjais-Groenen… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Histone lysine methyltransferases (KMTs) are biomedically important epigenetic enzymes
that catalyze the transfer of methyl group from S-adenosylmethionine to lysine's nucleophilic …

Cyclic peptides target the aromatic cage of a PHD-finger reader domain to modulate epigenetic protein function

OD Coleman, J Macdonald, B Thomson, JA Ward… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Plant homeodomain fingers (PHD-fingers) are a family of reader domains that can recruit
epigenetic proteins to specific histone modification sites. Many PHD-fingers recognise …

Racemization in post-translational modifications relevance to protein aging, aggregation and neurodegeneration: Tip of the iceberg

VV Dyakin, TM Wisniewski, A Lajtha - Symmetry, 2021 - mdpi.com
Homochirality of DNA and prevalent chirality of free and protein-bound amino acids in a
living organism represents the challenge for modern biochemistry and neuroscience. The …

Investigation of in vitro histone H3 glycosylation using H3 tail peptides

J Merx, JCJ Hintzen, G Proietti, H Elferink, Y Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) on histone tails regulate eukaryotic gene expression
by impacting the chromatin structure and by modulating interactions with other cellular …

Installation of trimethyllysine analogs on intact histones via cysteine alkylation

BJGE Pieters, JCJ Hintzen, Y Grobben… - Bioconjugate …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Site-specific incorporation of post-translationally modified amino acids into proteins,
including histones, has been a subject of great interest for chemical and biochemical …

Importance of the main chain of lysine for histone lysine methyltransferase catalysis

AHK Al Temimi, RS Teeuwen, V Tran… - Organic & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Histone lysine methyltransferases (KMTs) are biomedicinally important class of epigenetic
enzymes that catalyse methylation of lysine residues in histones and other proteins …

Substrate selectivity and inhibition of the human lysyl hydroxylase JMJD7

N Bilgin, A Tumber, S Dhingra, E Salah… - Protein …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Jumonji‐C (JmjC) domain‐containing protein 7 (JMJD7) is a human Fe (II) and 2‐
oxoglutarate dependent oxygenase that catalyzes stereospecific C3‐hydroxylation of lysyl …