A protein extension to shorten RNA: Elongated elongation factor-Tu recognizes the D-arm of T-armless tRNAs in nematode mitochondria

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 399, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-256

  Sakurai, Masayuki ^a   Watanabe, Yoh Ichi ^b   Watanabe, Kimitsuna ^a,c   Ohtsuki, Takashi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Elongation factor Tu (EF Tu1); Mitochondrion; Nematode; Translation; tRNA

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELONGATION FACTOR-TU (EF-TU1); MITOCHONDRION; NEMATODE; TRNA;

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; CELLS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPLEXATION;

RNA;

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; GENE DELETION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCARIS SUUM; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33749983710     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20060781     Document Type: Article

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