The complete biosynthesis of the genetically encoded amino acid pyrrolysine from lysine

Nature

Volumn 471, Issue 7340, 2011, Pages 647-650

  Gaston, Marsha A ^a   Zhang, Liwen ^a   Green Church, Kari B ^a   Krzycki, Joseph A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLORNITHINE; LYSINE; METHANE; METHYLAMINE; NORPYRROLYSINE; ORNITHINE; PYRROLYSINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLS GENE; PYLT GENE;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; LYSINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOSARCINA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORNITHINE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACID-SPECIFIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953249251     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09918     Document Type: Article

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