Structure of a functional ribonucleoprotein pseudouridine synthase bound to a substrate RNA

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 740-746

  Liang, Bo ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Kahen, Elliot ^a   Terns, Rebecca M ^b   Terns, Michael P ^b   Li, Hong ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; DYSKERIN; FLUOROURIDINE; PSEUDOURIDINE; PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COILED BODY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOURIDINE; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 67650340746     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1624     Document Type: Article

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