L-arginine recognition by yeast arginyl-tRNA synthetase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 5438-5448

  Cavarelli, Jean ^b   Delagoutte, Bénédicte ^b   Eriani, Gilbert ^a   Gangloff, Jean ^a   Moras, Dino ^b  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

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

Author keywords

Aminoacylation; Arginyl tRNA synthetase; Crystal structure; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GUANIDINE; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TYROSINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ARGININE; ARGININE-TRNA LIGASE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, TRANSFER, ARG; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032530309     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.18.5438     Document Type: Article

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