Multisite-specific tRNA:m5C-methyltransferase (Trm4) in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Identification of the gene and substrate specificity of the enzyme

RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1105-1118

  Motorin, Yuri ^a   Grosjean, Henri ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

5 methylcytidine; Anticodon loop; Modification; NCL1; NOP2; One step gene replacement; P120; tRNA; YBL024w; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GENE PRODUCT; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032821744     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838299982201     Document Type: Article

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