Structure of the archaeal translation initiation factor aIF2β from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum: Implications for translation initiation

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 659-667

  Gutiérrez, Pablo ^a,d   Osborne, Michael J ^a,d   Siddiqui, Nadeem ^a,d   Trempe, Jean François ^a,d   Arrowsmith, Cheryl ^b,c   Gehring, Kalle ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Montreal Jt Ctr for Struct Biol   (Canada)

Author keywords

aIF2 ; Archaebacteria; NMR; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR AIF2BETA; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ELECTROSTATICS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; METHANOBACTERIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; ZINC FINGERS;

ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 1342331856     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03506604     Document Type: Article

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