Structural insights into the first step of RNA-dependent cysteine biosynthesis in archaea

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-279

  Fukunaga, Ryuya ^a,b   Yokoyama, Shigeyuki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE TRANSFER RNA; ISOENZYME; O PHOSPHOSERYL TRANSFER RNA SYNTHETASE; PHOSPHOSERINE; TETRAMER; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANTICODON; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE; EVOLUTION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOSERINE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, TRANSFER, CYS;

EID: 34247234997     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1219     Document Type: Article

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