Crystal structure of aspartyl-tRNA synthetase from Pyrococcus kodakaraensis KOD: Archaeon specificity and catalytic mechanism of adenylate formation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 5227-5237

  Schmitt, E ^a,d   Moulinier, L ^a   Fujiwara, S ^b   Imanaka, T ^c   Thierry, J C ^a   Moras, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Aspartyl tRNA synthetase; Crystal structure; Pyrococcus

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ASPARTATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ASPARTIC ACID TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PYROCOCCUS;

ACYLATION; ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOENZYMES; ASPARTATE-TRNA LIGASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIMERIZATION; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYROCOCCUS; RNA, TRANSFER, ASP; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARAENSIS;

EID: 0032169440     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.17.5227     Document Type: Article

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