Crystal structures of apo wild-type M. jannaschii tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (TyrRS) and an engineered TyrRS specific for O-methyl-L-tyrosine

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1340-1349

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Schultz, Peter G ^a   Wilson, Ian A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallography; Protein engineering; Tyrosyl tRNA synthetase; Unnatural amino acid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; O METHYL TYROSINE; TRANSFER RNA; TYROSINE; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA BINDING; WILD TYPE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; METHANOCOCCUS; METHYLTYROSINES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE-TRNA LIGASE;

METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS;

EID: 17744373680     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.041239305     Document Type: Article

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