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Eng Wui Tan
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 4
Citations - 392
Eng Wui Tan is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transducin & Demethylation. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 392 citations.
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Methylation and demethylation reactions of guanine nucleotide-binding proteins of retinal rod outer segments.
TL;DR: It is shown here that the free carboxyl group can be methylated by an S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase associated with the rod outer segment membranes, suggesting that methylation/demethylation may play a regulatory role in visual signal transduction.
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Identifying the recognition unit for G protein methylation.
TL;DR: Interestingly, substitution of the N-acetyl moiety of AFC with a hydrogen atom leads to S-farnesylthiopropionic acid (FTP), which is an excellent substrate for the methyltransferase, which shows great specificity for the the FTP pharmacophore.
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Identification of an isoprenylated cysteine methyl ester hydrolase activity in bovine rod outer segment membranes.
Eng Wui Tan,Robert R. Rando +1 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated here that simple isoprenylated cysteine derivatives, such as L-AFCM, L-AGGCM, and ebelactone B all inhibit the demethylation of the endogenous ROS substrates, showing that the same enzymatic activity is involved in the processing of the synthetic and physiological substrates.
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Prenylated protein methyltransferases do not distinguish between farnesylated and geranylgeranylated substrates
TL;DR: This paper shows that the methylation of farnesylated and geranyl-geranylated substrates can be accounted for by the presence of a single enzyme, and demonstrates that the Km and Vmax.