Chloroplast ribonuclease P does not utilize the ribozyme-type pre-tRNA cleavage mechanism

RNA

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 545-553

  Thomas, Brian C ^a,b   Li, Xinqiang ^a,c   Gegenheimer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGOURON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic mechanism; Enzyme; Evolution of catalysis; Magnesium ion; Thiosubstitution; tRNA processing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHLOROPLAST RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHLOROPLASTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MUTATION; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER, PHE; SPINACIA OLERACEA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFUR; THERMODYNAMICS; YEASTS; ZEA MAYS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0033995139     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838200991465     Document Type: Article

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