Function of tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase in splicing group I introns: An induced-fit model for binding to the P4-P6 domain based on analysis of mutations at the junction of the P4-P6 stacked helices

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-283

  Chen, Xin ^a   Gutell, Robin R ^a   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Group I intron; Ribozyme; RNA splicing; RNA structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; EDETIC ACID; FERROUS ION; NUCLEOTIDE; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRON; MODEL; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034636983     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3963     Document Type: Article

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