Is JmjC oxygenase catalysis limited to demethylation?

Abstract

Jobs on the side: Substrate selectivity studies indicate that members of the biomedically important JmjC demethylase family of histone N(ε)-methyllysine demethylases are capable of catalyzing the de-N-alkylation of groups other than N-methyl and can catalyze reactions that form stable hydroxylated products. The differences in binding preferences in this set of enzymes may be helpful in the design of selective inhibitors.

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Volume 52
Issue number 30
Pages 7709-7713
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