PylSn and the homologous N-terminal domain of pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase bind the tRNA that is essential for the genetic encoding of pyrrolysine

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 32738-32746

  Jiang, Ruisheng ^a   Krzycki, Joseph A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER CODONS; ANTICODONS; APPARENT K; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL; C-TERMINAL DOMAINS; C-TERMINAL REGIONS; CONSERVED RESIDUES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; GENES ENCODING; GENETIC ENCODING; METHYLTRANSFERASES; N-TERMINAL DOMAINS; N-TERMINALS; PYRROLYSINE; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPECIFIC BINDING; SYNTHETASES; WILD TYPES;

AMBER; BACTERIA; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RNA;

PROTEINS;

LYSINE DERIVATIVE; LYSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PYRROLYSINE; PYRROLYSYL TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PYLSC GENE; PYLSN GENE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANTICODON; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; LYSINE; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACID-SPECIFIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI;

EID: 84866548719     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.396754     Document Type: Article

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