Crystal structure of the RluD pseudouridine synthase catalytic module, an enzyme that modifies 23 S rRNA and is essential for normal cell growth of Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-101

  Sivaraman, J ^a,b,c,d   Iannuzzi, Pietro ^b,c   Cygler, Miroslaw ^a,b,c   Matte, Allan ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Montreal Joint Centre for Structural Biology   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Pseudouridine synthase; Ribosome; rRNA modification

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; ENZYME; PROTEIN; PSEUDOURIDINE; PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASE RLUD; PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASE RSUA; PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASE TRUA; PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASE TRUB; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; R FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0344687349     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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