Sequence analysis and modular organization of threonyl-tRNA synthetase from Thermus thermophilus and its interrelation with threonyl-tRNA synthetases of other origins

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 379-393

  Cura, Vincent ^a   Moras, Dino ^a   Kern, Daniel ^b  

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

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution of aminoacylation systems; Extremophiles; Thermus thermophilus; Threonyl tRNA synthetase; TRNA aminoacylation

Indexed keywords

THREONINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; THREONINE-TRNA LIGASE; ZINC;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0033985741     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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