Pyrrolysine analogues as substrates for pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 28-29, 2006, Pages 6695-6700

  Polycarpo, Carla R ^a   Herring, Stephanie ^a   Bérubé, Amélie ^a   Wood, John L ^a   Söll, Dieter ^a   Ambrogelly, Alexandre ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Pyrrolysine; Pyrrolysyl tRNA synthetase; tRNA

Indexed keywords

LYSINE TRANSFER RNA; PYRROLYSYL TRANSFER RNA SYNTHETASE; SELENOCYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STOP CODON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYSINE; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33847685047     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.11.028     Document Type: Article

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