Leucine-specific domain modulates the aminoacylation and proofreading functional cycle of bacterial leucyl-tRNA synthetase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4988-4998

  Yan, Wei ^a   Tan, Min ^a   Eriani, Gilbert ^b   Wang, En Duo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCYLLYSYLASPARTYLGLYCINE; LEUCINE; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TETRAPEPTIDE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; LEUCINE SPECIFIC DOMAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA BINDING; RNA EDITING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; LYSINE; MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA EDITING; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

EID: 84877299352     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt185     Document Type: Article

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