Structural alterations of the cysteine desulfurase IscS of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimuriuni reveal substrate specificity of IscS in tRNA thiolation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3052-3062

  Lundgren, Hans K ^a   Björk, Glenn R ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 THIOCYTIDINE; 4 THIOURIDINE; 5 METHYLAMINOMETHYL 2 THIOURIDINE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE DESULFURASE ISCS; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; N6 (4 HYDROXYISOPENTENYL) 2 METHYLTHIOADENOSINE; SULFUR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SYNTHESIS; THIOLATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CYTIDINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; IRON; ISOPENTENYLADENOSINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFUR; THIOURIDINE;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33645984233     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.8.3052-3062.2006     Document Type: Article

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