Structural Insights into the Second Step of RNA-dependent Cysteine Biosynthesis in Archaea: Crystal Structure of Sep-tRNA:Cys-tRNA Synthase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-141

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

crystal structure; cysteine; phosphoserine; PLP; tRNA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; BACTERIAL RNA; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE TRANSFER RNA; DIMER; MONOMER; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS;

EID: 34249337418     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.04.050     Document Type: Article

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