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Content of S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) in rat tissues of Pliss lymphosarcoma, of sarcoma 180 and in adenocarcinoma 755 of mice varied within the limits of 27-57 nM/g, 60-64 nM/g and 32-40 nM/g of wet tissue, respectively, content of S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine (SAH) varied in the tumors studied
The multifunctional Ewing Sarcoma (EWS) protein, a member of a large family of RNA-binding proteins, is extensively asymmetrically dimethylated at arginine residues within RGG consensus sequences. Using recombinant proteins we examined whether type I protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT)1 or 3
Published reports indicate that normal rodent cells can grow in medium containing either L-methionine or L-homocysteine, whereas malignant rodent cells have an absolute requirement for L-methionine. Our studies with two normal human cell lines (fetal lung fibroblasts and bladder epithelial cells)
A high increase in the amount of methylated tRNA bases was found in vivo in Rous sarcoma virus infected and transformed chick embryo fibroblasts in comparison with normal cells, tRNA methylases extracted from transformed cells showed also higher activity in vitro with a heterologous substrate.