The crystal structure of Pyrococcus abyssi tRNA (uracil-54, C5)-methyltransferase provides insights into its tRNA specificity

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4929-4940

  Walbott, Hélène ^a   Leulliot, Nicolas ^b   Grosjean, Henri ^a   Golinelli Pimpaneau, Béatrice ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RUMA; RNA 23S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DEPENDENT TRANSFER RNA (URACIL 54 C5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA (URACIL 54 C5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; RNA STRUCTURE; YEAST;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; IRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, TRANSFER, ASP; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFUR; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

EID: 50849135134     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn437     Document Type: Article

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