Recognition of tRNALeu by Aquifex aeolicus leucyl-tRNA synthetase during the aminoacylation and editing steps

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2728-2738

  Yao, Peng ^a   Zhu, Bin ^a   Jaeger, Sophie ^a,b   Eriani, Gilbert ^a,b   Wang, En Duo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; AMINO ACID; IODINE; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; RIBONUCLEASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINOACYLATION; ANTICODON; AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA EDITING; RNA PROBE; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACIDS; ANTICODON; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; IODINE; LEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

EID: 43349096966     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn028     Document Type: Article

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