Domain-domain communication for tRNA aminoacylation: The importance of covalent connectivity

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7240-7249

  Zhang, Chun Mei ^a   Hou, Ya Ming ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMINOACYLATION; ANTICODON HELICES; DOMAIN-DOMAIN COMMUNICATION; GENOMIC SEQUENCING;

RNA;

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; CYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; ENERGY COST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CYSTEINE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, TRANSFER, CYS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 18544382985     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050285y     Document Type: Article

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