Crystal structure of the human CCA-adding enzyme: Insights into template-independent polymerization

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 985-994

  Augustin, Martin A ^a   Reichert, Andreas S ^b,c   Betat, Heike ^b   Huber, Robert ^a   Mörl, Mario ^b   Steegborn, Clemens ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CCA adding enzyme; Class II nucleotidyltransferase; Crystal structure; Template independent polymerization; tRNA processing

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0242669966     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00381-4     Document Type: Article

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