A tRNAGlu that uncouples protein and tetrapyrrole biosynthesis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 6383-6387

  Levicán, Gloria ^a   Katz, Assaf ^a   Valenzuela, Patricio ^a   Söll, Dieter ^b   Orellana, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EF Tu; GluRS; GluTR; Heme; tRNA specificity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEME; PROTEIN; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TRANSFER RNA;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-TRNA LIGASE; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER, GLU; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TETRAPYRROLES; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27744569529     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.09.100     Document Type: Article

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