Acquisition of a bacterial RumA-type tRNA(uracil-54, C5)-methyltransferase by Archaea through an ancient horizontal gene transfer

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-335

  Urbonavičius, Jaunius ^a   Auxilien, Sylvie ^a   Walbott, Hélène ^a   Trachana, Kalliopi ^a   Golinelli Pimpaneau, Béatrice ^a   Brochier Armanet, Céline ^b,d   Grosjean, Henri ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; GENE PRODUCT; RIBOSOME RNA; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRANSFER RNA; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASEA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE; URIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOCOCCALES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; IRON; MAGNESIUM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANOARCHAEOTA; PHYLOGENY; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER; SULFUR; THERMOCOCCALES; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES; URACIL; URIDINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NANOARCHAEOTA; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; THERMOCOCCALES;

EID: 37349022099     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06047.x     Document Type: Article

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