Extensive deproteinization of Dictyostelium discoideum RNase P reveals a new catalytic activity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2134-2140

  Stathopoulos, Constantinos ^a   Tekos, Apostolos ^a   Zarkadis, Ioannis K ^a   Drainas, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catalytic RNA; Ribonuclease P; Ribozymes; tRNA processing

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; LEUCINE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHENOL; PROTEINASE K; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA; SERINE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA CLEAVAGE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHENOLS; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, TRANSFER, SER; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0034843686     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02092.x     Document Type: Article

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