Caenorhabditis elegans ZC376.5 encodes a tRNA(m2/2g26)dimethyltransferase in which 246arginine is important for the enzyme activity

Gene

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-81

  Liu, Jianming ^a   Zhou, Guang Qian ^a   Stråby, Kerstin B ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CDNA cloning; Eukaryote; Modification; Mutagenesis; TRM1

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0033534795     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00550-2     Document Type: Article

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