Automethylation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    methylation of a protein catalysed by the protein itself uncountable

    "The Metnase SET domain is not only responsible for dimethylation of H3K36 [3, 6 ] but also crucial for automethylation at K485 within the catalytic pocket [8 ]."

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"The Metnase SET domain is not only responsible for dimethylation of H3K36 [3, 6 ] but also crucial for automethylation at K485 within the catalytic pocket [8 ]."

Etymology

From auto- + methylation.

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