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automethylation en · NOUN

Etymology

From auto- + methylation.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) methylation of a protein catalysed by the protein itself
    • 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 ]. 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, →DOI: