Structure of crystalline Escherichia coli methionyl-tRNA(f)(Met) formyltransferase: Comparison with glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4749-4758

  Schmitt, Emmanuelle ^a   Blanquet, Sylvain ^a   Mechulam, Yves ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

Crystalline structure; Formylation; Translation initiation; tRNA

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; PHOSPHORIBOSYLGLYCINAMIDE FORMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA BINDING; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0029816343     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00852.x     Document Type: Article

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