The methyl group of the N6-methyl-N6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine in tRNA of Escherichia coli modestly improves the efficiency of the tRNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1808-1813

  Qian, Qiang ^a   Curran, James F ^b   Björk, Glenn R ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL GROUP; N6 METHYL N6 THREONYLCARBAMOYLADENOSINE; POLYPEPTIDE; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THREONINE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE; BACTERIAL RNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N6-METHYL-N6-THREONYLCARBAMOYLADENOSINE; THREONINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE MAPPING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

ADENOSINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER, THR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0031594815     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1808-1813.1998     Document Type: Article

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