The 2 Å crystal structure of leucyl-tRNA synthetase and its complex with a leucyl-adenylate analogue

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2351-2361

  Cusack, Stephen ^a   Yaremchuk, Anna ^a,b   Tukalo, Michael ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Editing; Leucyl adenylate; Leucyl tRNA synthetase; X ray crystallography; Zinc binding domain

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; LEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0034657687     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.10.2351     Document Type: Article

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