| First Author | Lee J | Year | 2005 |
| Journal | J Biol Chem | Volume | 280 |
| Issue | 38 | Pages | 32890-6 |
| PubMed ID | 16051612 | Mgi Jnum | J:114733 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3689803 | Doi | 10.1074/jbc.M506944200 |
| Citation | Lee J, et al. (2005) PRMT8, a new membrane-bound tissue-specific member of the protein arginine methyltransferase family. J Biol Chem 280(38):32890-6 |
| abstractText | Protein arginine methylation is a common post-translational modification that has been implicated in signal transduction, RNA processing, transcriptional regulation, and DNA repair. A search of the human genome for additional members of the protein arginine N-methyltransferase (PRMT) family of enzymes has identified a gene on chromosome 12 that we have termed PRMT8. This novel enzyme is most closely related to PRMT1, although it has a distinctive N-terminal region. The unique N-terminal end harbors a myristoylation motif, and we have shown here that PRMT8 is indeed modified by the attachment of a myristate to the glycine residue after the initiator methionine. The myristoylation of PRMT8 results in its association with the plasma membrane. The second singular property of PRMT8 is its tissue-specific expression pattern; it is largely expressed in the brain. A glutathione S-transferase fusion protein of PRMT8 has type I PRMT activity, catalyzing the formation of omega-NG-monomethylated and asymmetrically omega-NG,NG-dimethylated arginine residues on a recombinant glycine- and arginine-rich substrate. PRMT8 is thus an active arginine methyltransferase that is membrane-associated and tissue-specific, two firsts for this family of enzymes. |
