Stereochemical mechanisms of tRNA methyltransferases

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-286

  Hou, Ya Ming ^a   Perona, John J ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Methylase; Rossmann fold; S adenosylmethionine; SAM dependent methyl transfer; Trm5; TrmA

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; NITROGEN; NUCLEOPHILE; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CYTOSINE; METHYLATION; NITROGEN; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES; URIDINE;

EID: 71549158173     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.11.075     Document Type: Review

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