Recognition of a complex substrate by the KsgA/Dim1 family of enzymes has been conserved throughout evolution

RNA

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 725-732

  O'Farrell, Heather C ^a   Pulicherla, Nagesh ^a   Desai, Pooja M ^a   Rife, Jason P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dim1; Dimethyltransferase; KsgA; Ribosome biogenesis; rRNA modification

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN DIM1; PROTEIN KSGA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KINETICS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33646179813     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2310406     Document Type: Article

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