Electrostatic potential of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase navigates tRNA on its pathway to the binding site

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 350, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 866-882

  Tworowski, Dmitry ^a   Feldman, Anna V ^a   Safro, Mark G ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Continuum electrostatics; Encounter complex; Protein RNA recognition; tRNA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSFER RNA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 21744438763     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.05.051     Document Type: Article

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