Ribozyme-catalyzed aminoacylation from CoA thioesters

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4582-4590

  Li, Na ^a   Huang, Faqing ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; RNA;

ACYL MOIETY; RIBOZYMES; SELF-AMINOACYLATION; THIOESTERS;

ESTERS;

ALPHA AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; COENZYME A; RIBOZYME; RNA; THIOESTER;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REACTION TIME;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ACYL COENZYME A; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTIN; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; GENE LIBRARY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

EID: 15544388643     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi047576b     Document Type: Article

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