Maturation of the 5S rRNA 5′ end is catalyzed in vitro by the endonuclease tRNase Z in the archaeon H. volcanii

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 928-937

  Holzle, Annette ^a   Fischer, Susan ^a   Heyer, Ruth ^a   Schütz, Stefanie ^a   Zacharias, Martin ^b   Walther, Paul ^a   Allers, Thorsten ^c   Marchfelder, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Haloferax volcanii; RNase Z; rRNA processing; tRNA processing; tRNase Z

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN TRNASE Z; RIBOSOME RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL RNA; PRE RIBOSOMAL RNA ENDORIBONUCLEASE; PRE-RIBOSOMAL RNA ENDORIBONUCLEASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA 5S; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; RNA, TRANSFER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 42449149147     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.933208     Document Type: Article

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