automethylation
English
Etymology
auto- + methylation
Noun
automethylation (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) methylation of a protein catalysed by the protein itself
- 2015 October 6, “The SET Domain Is Essential for Metnase Functions in Replication Restart and the 5’ End of SS-Overhang Cleavage”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- 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 ].