Ribonuclease P: The evolution of an ancient RNA enzyme

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-102

  Walker, Scott C ^a   Engelke, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b 3200 MSRB III ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Holoenzyme; Nucleolus; RNase MRP; RNase P; rRNA processing; tRNA processing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAUXETIC DYSPLASIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARTILAGE HAIR HYPOPLASIA; CHIMERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33645747326     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230600602634     Document Type: Review

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