Crystal structure of Escherichia coli methionyl-tRNA synthetase highlights species-specific features

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1287-1297

  Mechulam, Yves ^a   Schmitt, Emmanuelle ^a   Maveyraud, Laurent ^a   Zelwer, Charles ^b   Nureki, Osamu ^c   Yokoyama, Shigeyuki ^c   Konno, Michiko ^d   Blanquet, Sylvain ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connective polypeptide; Methionyl tRNA synthetase; Translation; X ray crystallography; Zinc

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; ZINC;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033579427     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3339     Document Type: Article

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