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Table 1 Disease-associated mutations in residues near methyltransferase interaction interfaces

From: Intrafamily heterooligomerization as an emerging mechanism of methyltransferase regulation

Protein

Interface

Mutation

Disease

Notes

Refs.

DNMT3A

RD interface

R882H

AML

Significant decrease in catalytic activity and homooligomerization

[24]

S881N

AML

 

[83]

R887I

AML

 

[83]

FF interface

R736H

AML

Destabilized interaction interface, but increased stimulation by DNMT3L

[29]

F732L

AML

 

[83]

F772I

AML

 

[83]

DNMT3B

FF interface

L664P/T

ICF

Differential effects on activity and disruption of oligomerization

[27]

R670Q

ICF

Differential effects on activity and disruption of oligomerization

[27]

RD interface

H814R

ICF

Significant decrease in catalytic activity and oligomerization

[82]

METTL14

METTL3–METTL14

R298P

Endometrial Cancer

Significant decrease in catalytic activity and ability to distinguish substrate from mutant substrate

[63]

D312Y

Human adult T cell lymphoma/leukemia

Mutation of D312 to A significantly decreased catalytic activity

[63, 83]

PRMT1

PRMT1–PRMT1

W215L

Endometrioid carcinoma-ovary

Significant decrease in catalytic activity, oligomerization, and SAM binding

[84]

Y220N

Basal cell carcinoma-skin

Significant decrease in catalytic activity, oligomerization, and SAM binding

[84]

M224V

Adenocarcinoma-colon

Significant decrease in catalytic activity, oligomerization, and SAM binding

[84]

PRMT7

NTD–CTD

R32T

SBIDDS

Residue near NTD–CTD interface in crystal structure

[86]

R387G

SBIDDS

Residue near NTD–CTD interface in crystal structure

[86]

METTL11B

METTL11A–METTL11B

D232N

Carcinoma-prostate

Significant decrease in METTL11A–METTL11B interaction

[80, 83]

  1. AML acute myeloid leukemia, ICF immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, and facial anomalies syndrome, NTD N-terminal domain, CTD C-terminal domain, SBIDDS Short Stature, Brachydactyly, Intellectual Developmental Disability, and Seizures syndrome