The role of aspartic acid 143 in E. coli tRNA-guanine transglycosylase: Insights from mutagenesis studies and computational modeling

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1965-1977

  Todorov, Katherine Abold ^a,b   Tan, Xiao Jian ^a   Nonekowski, Susanne T ^a,c   Garcia, George A ^a   Carlson, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; QUEUINE; QUEUINE TRANSFER RIBONUCLEIC ACID RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 24144489039     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.059576     Document Type: Article

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