Mechanistic characterization of the sulfur-relay system for eukaryotic 2-thiouridine biogenesis at tRNA wobble positions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1335-1352

  Noma, Akiko ^a   Sakaguchi, Yuriko ^a   Suzuki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 THIOURIDINE; 5 METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYL 2 THIORIDINE; ACYLADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; CYSTEINE DESULFERASE; PROTEIN NCS2P; PROTEIN NCS6P; PROTEIN NFS1P; PROTEIN TUM1P; PROTEIN UBA4; PROTEIN URM1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SULFUR; THIOCARBOXYLIC ACID; THIOURIDINE; TRANSFER RNA; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URMYLATION; RIBONUCLEIC ACID MODIFICATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SULFIDES; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; THIOURIDINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 62549117409     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn1023     Document Type: Article

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