Structural insight into the functional mechanism of Nep1/Emg1 N1-specific pseudouridine methyltransferase in ribosome biogenesis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2445-2457

  Thomas, Seth R ^a   Keller, Christopher A ^a   Szyk, Agnieszka ^a,c   Cannon, Joe R ^a   LaRonde LeBlanc, Nicole A ^a,b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOLAR ESSENTIAL PROTEIN 1; PSEUDOURIDINE; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DIMERIZATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOURIDINE; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79953683436     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1131     Document Type: Article

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