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o(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (medicine) and penicillamine (iou)


o(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (medicine)


o(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase
<enzyme> An enzyme that transfers methyl groups from o(6)-methylguanine, and Other methylated moities of DNA, to a cysteine residue in itself, thus repairing alkylated DNA in a single-step reaction.

Chemical name: DNA-6-O-methylguanine:protein-L-cysteine S-methyltransferase

Registry number: EC 2.1.1.63


penicillamine (iou)



penicillamine noun. M20.
[from PENICILLIN + AMINE.]
Chemistry & Pharmacology. An amino acid, (CH3)2C(SH)CH(NH2)COOH, produced by the hydrolysis of penicillins and used as a pharmacological chelating agent.