A single base substitution in the variable pocket of yeast tRNA(Arg) eliminates species-specific aminoacylation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1473, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 356-362

  Liu, Wen ^a   Huang, Yi Wei ^a   Eriani, Gilbert ^b   Gangloff, Jean ^b   Wang, En Duo ^a   Wang, Ying Lai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Arginyl tRNA synthetase; Cross recognition; In vitro transcription; Species specific aminoacylation; Variable pocket

Indexed keywords

ARGININE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; KINETICS; POINT MUTATION; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032737525     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(99)00143-9     Document Type: Article

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