Functional connectivity between tRNA binding domains in glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 818-828

  Sherman, Joyce M ^a   Thomann, Hans Ulrich ^a   Söll, Dieter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Anticodon; Mutation; tRNA specificity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029913295     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0128     Document Type: Article

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