Non-discriminating and discriminating aspartyl-tRNA synthetases differ in the anticodon-binding domain

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1632-1643

  Charron, Christophe ^a   Roy, Hervé ^a   Blaise, Mickael ^a   Giegé, Richard ^a   Kern, Daniel ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Archaea; Asparaginyl tRNA synthetase; Aspartyl tRNA synthetase; Eubacteria; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE TRANSFER RNA SYNTHETASE; ASPARTATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ASPARTATE-TRNA LIGASE; BINDING SITES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PYROCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARAENSIS; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0037390217     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg148     Document Type: Article

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