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LCMT2

Leucine carboxyl methyltransferase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the LCMT2 gene.[1][2][3]

The protein encoded by this intronless gene belongs to the methyltransferase superfamily and acts as a G(1)/S and G(2)/M phase checkpoint regulator. It has been hypothesized that cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress and transforming growth factor beta 1 may inhibit cellular proliferation by modulating the expression of this protein.[3]

References

References

  1. Nagase T, Ishikawa K, Miyajima N, Tanaka A, Kotani H, Nomura N, Ohara O (Aug 1998). “Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. IX. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which can code for large proteins in vitro”. DNA Res. 5 (1): 31–9. doi:10.1093/dnares/5.1.31. PMID 9628581.
  2. Noma A, Suzuki T (Dec 2006). “Ribonucleome analysis identified enzyme genes responsible for wybutosine synthesis”. Nucleic Acids Symp Ser (Oxf). 50 (50): 65–6. doi:10.1093/nass/nrl032. PMID 17150819.
  3. 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: LCMT2 leucine carboxyl methyltransferase 2”.
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