... Protein methylation as a marker of aspartate damage in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient erythrocytes Role of oxidative stressDiego Ingrosso1,2, Amelia Cimmino1, Stefania D’Angelo1, ... thecirculation [6,25,26]. This has been related to an increasednumber of abnormal aspartate residues, spontaneouslyarising fromL-asparaginyl deamidation and/orL-aspartylisomerization reactions ... S-adenosylmethionine(AdoMet)-dependent enzyme,L-isoaspartate (D -aspartate) protein O-methyltransferase (PCMT; EC 2.1.1.77) [11,12].Enzymatic methylation of abnormal aspartate residues isphysiologically...