Split leucine-specific domain of leucyl-tRNA synthetase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 49, 2006, Pages 14809-14816

  Ma, Jing Jing ^b   Zhao, Ming Wei ^a   Wang, En Duo ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; RNA; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AMINOACYLATION; HETERODIMERS; LEUCINE; TRNA;

ENZYME KINETICS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HETERODIMER; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINOACYLATION; AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; LEUCINE; LEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33845415567     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061026r     Document Type: Article

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