Alanyl-tRNA synthetase crystal structure and design for acceptor-stem recognition

Molecular Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 829-841

  Swairjo, Manal A ^a   Otero, Francella J ^a   Yang, Xiang Lei ^a   Lovato, Martha A ^a   Skene, Robert J ^b   McRee, Duncan E ^c   De Pouplana, Lluis Ribas ^d   Schimmel, Paul ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Takeda San Diego Inc   (United States)

^c ActiveSight   (United States)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; AMINO ACID; TRANSFER RNA;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ALANINE-TRNA LIGASE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS;

EID: 1842526081     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(04)00126-1     Document Type: Article

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