Functional analysis of peptide motif for RNA microhelix binding suggests new family of RNA-binding domains

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 5449-5457

  De Pouplana, Lluís Ribas ^a   Buechter, Douglas ^a,b   Sardesai, Niranjan Y ^a   Schimmel, Paul ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b United States Surgical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Peptide motifs; Photo crosslinking; RNA protein interactions

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PEPTIDE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALANINE-TRNA LIGASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, TRANSFER, ALA;

EID: 0344157343     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.18.5449     Document Type: Article

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