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ArticleAnalytical biochemistry2015

High-throughput screening-compatible assays of As(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase activity.

Hui Dong, Wenzhong Xu, Jitesh K Pillai, Charles Packianathan, Barry P Rosen

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Article in Analytical biochemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hui DongDepartment of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Wenzhong XuKey Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
Jitesh K PillaiDepartment of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Charles PackianathanDepartment of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Barry P RosenDepartment of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. Electronic address: brosen@fiu.edu.
Florida International University · USInstitute of Botany · CN

Funding

The human arsenic methylation pathwayR01ES023779 · NIEHS · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI ROSEN, BARRY P. · 2015 to 2019
$1.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES023779
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arsenic is a naturally existing toxin and carcinogen. As(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferases (AS3MT in mammals and ArsM in microbes) methylate As(III) three times in consecutive steps and play a central role in arsenic metabolism from bacteria to humans. Current assays for arsenic methylation are slow, laborious, and expensive. Here we report the development of two in vitro assays for AS3MT activity that are rapid, sensitive, convenient, and relatively inexpensive and can be adapted for high-throughput assays. The first assay measures As(III) binding by the quenching of the protein fluorescence of a single-tryptophan derivative of an AS3MT ortholog. The second assay utilizes time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer to directly measure the conversion of the AS3MT substrate, S-adenosylmethionine, to S-adenosylhomocysteine catalyzed by AS3MT. These two assays are complementary, one measuring substrate binding and the other catalysis, making them useful tools for functional studies and future development of drugs to prevent arsenic-related diseases.

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High-Throughput Screening AssaysChromatography, High Pressure LiquidEnzyme ActivationEscherichia coliFluorescenceFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferMass SpectrometryMethyltransferasesS-AdenosylmethionineMethyltransferasesS-AdenosylmethionineArsenicAS3MTHigh-throughput screensMethylation

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