Glycyl-tRNA synthetase uses a negatively charged pit for specific recognition and activation of glycine

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1449-1459

  Arnez, John G ^a   Dock Bregeon, Anne Catherine ^a   Moras, Dino ^a  

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

Author keywords

ATP; Class II aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Glycyl adenylate; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0033548581     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2562     Document Type: Article

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