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- noun biochemistry Any
transferase that transfersalkyl groups
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Examples
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Inhibition of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase by an alkyltransferase-like protein from Escherichia coli.
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Variability and regulation of O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase.
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The collaboration used a technique called X-ray crystallography to show in yeast cells how the family called alkyltransferase-like proteins (ATLs) - originally discovered by Paterson scientists*** - can detect the DNA damage caused by some anti-cancer drugs, and alert the cell's DNA repair machinery.
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