automethylation

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ methylation.

Noun

automethylation (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) methylation of a protein catalysed by the protein itself
   • 2015 October 6, “The SET Domain Is Essential for Metnase Functions in Replication Restart and the 5’ End of SS-Overhang Cleavage”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The Metnase SET domain is not only responsible for dimethylation of H3K36 [3, 6 ] but also crucial for automethylation at K485 within the catalytic pocket [8 ].