The crystal structure of phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase from Thermus thermophilus complexed with cognate tRNA(Phe)

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-68

  Goldgur, Yehuda ^a   Mosyak, Lidia ^a   Reshetnikova, Ludmila ^b   Ankilova, Valentina ^c   Lavrik, Olga ^c   Khodyreva, Svetlana ^c   Safro, Mark ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

complex; phenylalanyl tRNA synthetase; recognition; tRNA(Phe); X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031568337     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00166-4     Document Type: Article

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