A unique insert of leucyl-tRNA synthetase is required for aminoacylation and not amino acid editing

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 5170-5176

  Vu, Michael T ^a   Martinis, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEOTIDES; RNA; SUBSTRATES;

AMINO ACID ACTIVATION; AMINOACYLATION; DYNAMIC TRANSLOCATION; ROSSMANN NUCLEOTIDE BINDING;

ENZYMES;

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; LEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA EDITING; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34247581696     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi062078j     Document Type: Article

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