A domain in the N-terminal extension of class IIb eukaryotic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases is important for tRNA binding

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2371-2380

  Frugier, Magali ^a   Moulinier, Luc ^b   Giegé, Richard ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

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

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Aspartyl tRNA synthetase; RNA binding motif; Synthetase extension

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034658247     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.10.2371     Document Type: Article

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