Changing the amino acid specificity of yeast tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase by genetic engineering

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 417-423

  Ohno, S ^a   Yokogawa, T ^a   Nishikawa, K ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid specificity; Aminoacylation; Non canonical amino acid; Site directed mutagenesis; Tyrosyl tRNA synthetase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; IODOTYROSINE; PROTEIN; TYROSINE; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; YEAST;

GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0034846960     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a003001     Document Type: Article

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