Characterisation and enzymatic properties of tRNA(guanine 26, N2,N2)-dimethyltransferase (Trm1p) from Pyrococcus furiosus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 375-392

  Constantinesco, Florence ^a   Motorin, Yuri ^a   Grosjean, Henri ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

Identity elements; Modified nucleotide; TRM1; tRNA maturation; tRNA:methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; METHYL GROUP; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; STRUCTURAL GENE; YEAST;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0032814863     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2976     Document Type: Article

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