RNA-protein interactions of an archaeal homotetrameric splicing endoribonuclease with an exceptional evolutionary history

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6290-6300

  Lykke Andersen, Jens ^a   Garrett, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archaeal introns; Methanococcus jannaschii; Protein footprinting; RNA protein interactions; Splicing endoribonuclease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEOXYURIDINE DERIVATIVE; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; TETRAMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; INTRON; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HALOBACTERIUM; INTRONS; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030670627     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.20.6290     Document Type: Article

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