Two distinct regions in Staphylococcus aureus GatCAB guarantee accurate tRNA recognition

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 672-682

  Nakamura, Akiyoshi ^a   Sheppard, Kelly ^b   Yamane, Junji ^a   Yao, Min ^a   Söll, Dieter ^b   Tanaka, Isao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOSINE; GUANOSINE; LYSINE; TRANSFER RNA; URACIL; ASPARAGINE TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFERASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGENOUS GROUP TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, TRANSFER, ASN; RNA, TRANSFER, GLN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77449091491     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp955     Document Type: Article

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