Structural and Functional Divergence within the Dim1/KsgA Family of rRNA Methyltransferases

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 391, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 884-893

  Pulicherla, Nagesh ^a   Pogorzala, Leah A ^b   Xu, Zhili ^b   OFarrell, Heather C ^a   Musayev, Faik N ^a   Scarsdale, J Neel ^a   Sia, Elaine A ^b   Culver, Gloria M ^b   Rife, Jason P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

archaea; Dim1; dimethyltransferase; KsgA; rRNA methylation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DIM1; PROTEIN KSGA; RIBOSOME RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; RIBOSOME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HOMO SAPIENS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; METHANOCOCCUS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 68349113708     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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