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Our current observation that undetectable levels of MGMT gene expression in >95% of GCTs appears to suggest that the lack of the O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase enzyme may direct cells to undergo apoptosis due to failure of repair of DNA adducts formed by alkylating agents.
This previously undetected domain is also present in some other enzymes of pterin biosynthesis, such as tetrahydromethanopterin-S-methyltransferase from Streptomyces (L.M.I.
The cap is formed by three enzymatic reactions: the 5' triphosphate end of the nascent pre-mRNA is hydrolyzed to a diphosphate by RNA triphosphatase; the diphosphate end is capped with GMP by RNA guanylyltransferase; and the GpppN cap is methylated by RNA (guanine-7-) methyltransferase [ 1 ] .
Although the three capping reactions are universal in eukaryotes, there is a surprising diversity in the genetic organization of the capping enzymes as well as a complete divergence in the structure and catalytic mechanism of the RNA triphosphatase component in "lower" versus "higher" eukaryotic species [ 1 ] . Metazoans and plants have a two-component capping system consisting of a bifunctional triphosphatase-guanylyltransferase polypeptide and a separate methyltransferase polypeptide, whereas fungi contain a three-component system consisting of separate triphosphatase, guanylyltransferase, and methyltransferase gene products.
The triphosphatase (Cet1), guanylyltransferase (Ceg1), and methyltransferase (Abd1) components of the capping apparatus are essential for cell growth in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae [ 1 4 5 6 ] . Mutations of the RNA triphosphatase Cet1 that abrogate catalytic activity in vitro are lethal in vivo [ 7 8 9 ] ; thus, it is reasonable to think that pharmacological inhibition of Cet1 function in vivo would impede cell growth.
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