The influence of identity elements on the aminoacylation of tRNA Arg by plant and Escherichia coli arginyl-tRNA synthetases

FEBS Journal

Volumn 279, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 3622-3638

  Aldinger, Carolin A ^a   Leisinger, Anne Katrin ^a   Igloi, Gabor L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

arginyl tRNA synthetase; canavanine; discrimination; identity elements; plant

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE TRANSFER RNA; ARGININE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; CANAVANINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; SOYBEAN;

ARGININE; ARGININE-TRNA LIGASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CANAVANINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; SOYBEANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84866381226     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08722.x     Document Type: Article

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