The β subunit of Aquifex aeolicus leucyl-tRNA synthetase is responsible for cognate tRNA recognition

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 297, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 950-955

  Gouda, Masaki ^a   Yokogawa, Takashi ^a   Nishikawa, Kazuya ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquifex aeolicus; Heterodimer; Leucyl tRNA synthetase; Quaternary structure; tRNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; LEUCINE; TRANSFER RNA;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; LEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS;

EID: 0036033325     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02281-7     Document Type: Article

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