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- noun organic chemistry Any of three
methylation products of theamino acid lysine that play a role inepigenetics
Etymologies
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From methyl + lysine
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CbfA is a multidomain protein that belongs to the large family of "jumonji-type transcription regulators", which contribute to the deciphering of the histone code by removing methyl groups from methyllysine or methylarginine residues in histone tails
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The Company is also developing a kit to measure CML (carboxy-methyllysine), another potential cardiovascular risk marker.
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253, 1654-1659 (1978) [2] Henderson, L.M.; Nelson, P.J.; Henderson, L.: Mammalian enzymes of tri - methyllysine conversion to trimethylaminobutyrate.
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