Amino acid residues of the Escherichia coli tRNA(m5 U54)methyltransferase (TrmA) critical for stability, covalent binding of tRNA and enzymatic activity

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3297-3305

  Urbonavičius, Jaunius ^a   Jäger, Gunilla ^a   Björk, Glenn R ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; THYMINE; TRANSFER RNA; TRMA PROTEIN, E COLI; TRNA(URACIL 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRNA(URACIL-5)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STEADY STATE; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THYMINE; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 34250859458     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm205     Document Type: Article

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