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Polymorphic Variants of Human Protein l-Isoaspartyl Methyltransferase Affect Catalytic Activity, Aggregation, and Thermal Stability: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ETIOLOGY OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND COGNITIVE AGING.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Mar 2017
Juang Charity, Chen Baihe, Bru Jean-Louis, Nguyen Katherine, Huynh Eric, Momen Mahsa, Kim Jeungjin, Aswad Dana W
Abstract excerpt
Protein l-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT/PCMT1), a product of the human pcmt1 gene, catalyzes repair of abnormal l-isoaspartyl linkages in age-damaged proteins. Pcmt1 knock-out mice exhibit a profound neuropathology and die 30-60 days postnatal from an epileptic seizure. Here we express 15 reported variants of human PIMT and characterize them with regard to their enzymatic activity, thermal stability, and...
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