Control of Catalytic Cycle by a Pair of Analogous tRNA Modification Enzymes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 400, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-217

  Christian, Thomas ^a   Lahoud, Georges ^a   Liu, Cuiping ^a   Hou, Ya Ming ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst kinetics; Half of the sites reactivity; Trm5; TrmD; TRNA(m1G37)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN TRM5; PROTEIN TRMD; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINOACYLATION; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LOTUS;

EID: 77953808683     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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