Biosynthesis of wyosine derivatives in tRNA: An ancient and highly diverse pathway in archaea

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2062-2077

  De Crécy Lagard, Valérie ^a   Brochier Armanet, Céline ^b,c   Urbonavicius, Jaunius ^d   Fernandez, Bernard ^e   Phillips, Gabriela ^a   Lyons, Benjamin ^a   Noma, Akiko ^f   Alvarez, Sophie ^g   Droogmans, Louis ^d   Armengaud, Jean ^e   Grosjean, Henri ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS and Aix Marseille University   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e DIF   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

anticodon loop; Archaea; biosynthetic pathway; evolution; mass spectrometry; methyltransferase; modification enzymes; phylogeny; tRNA

Indexed keywords

7 AMINOCARBOXYPROPYL DEMETHYLWYOSINE; 7 METHYLWYOSINE; ISOWYOSINE; N4 METHYL DERIVATIVE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WYBUTOSINE; WYOSINE DERIVATIVE;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; EUKARYOTE; EURYARCHAEOTA; EVOLUTION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77955957864     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq096     Document Type: Article

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