Cloning and characterization of tRNA (m1A58) methyltransferase (Trml) from Thermus thermophilus HB27, a protein required for cell growth at extreme temperatures

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2148-2156

  Droogmans, Louis ^a   Roovers, Martine ^a   Bujnicki, Janusz M ^b   Tricot, Catherine ^c   Hartsch, Thomas ^d,f   Stalon, Victor ^a,c   Grosjean, Henri ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques J M Wiame   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^f Integrated Genomics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 N METHYLADENOSINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; METHYL GROUP; NUCLEOSIDE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; TRNA(ADENINE 1 )METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRNA(ADENINE-1-)METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA CONFORMATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DIMERIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA, TRANSFER, ASP; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0037799504     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg314     Document Type: Article

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