Evolution of tRNA nucleotidyltransferases: A small deletion generated CC-adding enzymes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7953-7958

  Neuenfeldt, Anne ^a   Just, Andrea ^a   Betat, Heike ^a   Mörl, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CCA adding enzyme; Flexible loop; tRNA maturation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA; CC ADDING ENZYME; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSFER RIBONUCLEIC ACID NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 45849124974     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801971105     Document Type: Article

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