Plant tumour biocontrol agent employs a tRNA-dependent mechanism to inhibit leucyl-tRNA synthetase

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chopra, Shaileja ^a   Palencia, Andrés ^b   Virus, Cornelia ^a   Tripathy, Ashutosh ^c   Temple, Brenda R ^c   Velazquez Campoy, Adrian ^d,e   Cusack, Stephen ^b   Reader, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA; ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; AGROCIN 84; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PLANT RNA;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; THERMODYNAMICS; TOXIC MATERIAL; TUMOR;

AMINOACYLATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT TUMOR; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; THERMODYNAMICS; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINOACYLATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; LEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT TUMORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, PLANT; RNA, TRANSFER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879138346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2421     Document Type: Article

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