The archaeal transamidosome for RNA-dependent glutamine biosynthesis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5774-5783

  Rampias, Theodoros ^a,b   Sheppard, Kelly ^a   Söll, Dieter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ASPARAGINE TRANSFER RNA; GLUTAMINE; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; TRANSAMIDOSOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; GLUTAMYL-TRNA(GLN) AMIDOTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FAMILY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; AMINOACYLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIACEAE;

ARCHAEA; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

GLUTAMATE-TRNA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; NITROGENOUS GROUP TRANSFERASES; RNA, TRANSFER, GLN; RNA, TRANSFER, GLU; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

EID: 77955254918     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq336     Document Type: Article

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