The crystal structures of T.thermophilus lysyl-tRNA synthetase complexed with E.coli tRNA(Lys) and a T.thermophilus tRNA(Lys) transcript: Anticodon recognition and conformational changes upon binding of a lysyl-adenylate analogue

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6321-6334

  Cusack, Stephen ^a   Yaremchuk, Anna ^a   Tukalo, Michael ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

Author keywords

Anticodon; Lysyl tRNA synthetase; Modified base; Protein RNA recognition; tRNA

Indexed keywords

LYSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0029907152     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01022.x     Document Type: Article

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