Characterization and structure of the Aquifex aeolicus protein DUF752: A bacterial tRNA-methyltransferase (MnmC2) functioning without the usually fused oxidase domain (MnmC1)

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 52, 2012, Pages 43950-43960

  Kitamura, Aya ^a   Nishimoto, Madoka ^b   Sengoku, Toru ^b   Shibata, Rie ^b   Jäger, Gunilla ^c   Björk, Glenn R ^c   Grosjean, Henri ^d   Yokoyama, Shigeyuki ^b,e   Bessho, Yoshitaka ^a,b  

^a Harima Institute ^*  (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BIFUNCTIONAL; ENZYMATIC REACTION; FREE AMINO GROUPS; GENZYME; IN-VITRO; METHYLTRANSFERASES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL MODIFICATION; PROTEIN FUSION;

ALKYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLATION;

PROTEINS;

5 AMINOMETHYLURIDINE; 5 CARBOMETHYLAMINOMETHYLURIDINE; 5 METHYLAMINOMETHYLURIDINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DUF752 PROTEIN; FAD DEPENDENT OXIDASE DOMAIN; FUSED OXIDASE DOMAIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DEPENDENT DOMAIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DEPENDENT DOMAIN GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; METHYLATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84871544347     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.409300     Document Type: Article

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