In Vitro Detection of the Enzymatic Activity of Folate-Dependent tRNA (Uracil-54,-C5)-Methyltransferase: Evolutionary Implications

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 425, Issue , 2007, Pages 103-119

  Urbonavicius, Jaunius ^a   Brochier Armanet, Céline ^b   Skouloubris, Stéphane ^c   Myllykallio, Hannu ^c   Grosjean, Henri ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLURIDINE; FOLIC ACID; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; URACIL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARBON SOURCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEINOCOCCACEAE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GID GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; THERMOTOGALES; TRMA GENE; TRMFO GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DEINOCOCCI; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUKARYOTA; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIA; RICKETTSIALES; THERMOTOGALES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOLIC ACID; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES; URACIL;

EID: 34548740836     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)25004-9     Document Type: Review

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