Crystal Structure of the Escherichia coli 23S rRNA:m5C Methyltransferase RlmI (YccW) Reveals Evolutionary Links between RNA Modification Enzymes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 383, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 652-666

  Sunita, S ^a   Tkaczuk, Karolina L ^b,c   Purta, Elzbieta ^b,d,e   Kasprzak, Joanna M ^f   Douthwaite, Stephen ^e   Bujnicki, Janusz M ^b,f   Sivaraman, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

crystal structure; methyltransferase; RlmI; rRNA modification; YccW

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLURIDINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN RLM1; RNA 23S; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R FACTOR; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 52949092370     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.062     Document Type: Article

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