Major identity determinants in the "augmented D helix" of tRNAGlu from Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 685-700

  Sekine, Shun Ichi ^a   Nureki, Osamu ^a   Sakamoto, Kensaku ^a   Niimi, Tatsuya ^a   Tateno, Masaru ^a,b   Go, Mitiko ^b   Kohno, Toshiyuki ^a,d   Brisson, Anne ^c   Lapointe, Jacques ^c   Yokoyama, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Footprinting; Steady state kinetics; tRNA identity; tRNA variant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029969359     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0118     Document Type: Article

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