Schizosaccharomyces pombe possesses two paralogous valyl-tRNA synthetase genes of mitochondrial origin

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1415-1424

  Chiu, Wen Chih ^a   Chang, Chia Pei ^a   Wen, Wei Ling ^b   Wang, Shao Win ^b   Wang, Chien Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aminoacylation; Appended domain; Mitochondrial localization; TRNA binding; Valyl tRNA synthetase

Indexed keywords

VALINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; FUNGAL GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA TRANSLATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPECIES; SURVIVAL; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; CYTOPLASM; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VALINE-TRNA LIGASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 77952860118     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq025     Document Type: Article

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