Radical mediated ring formation in the biosynthesis of the hypermodified tRNA base wybutosine

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 613-618

  Young, Anthony P ^a   Bandarian, Vahe ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE; FLAVODOXIN; GUANOSINE; PYRUVIC ACID; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WYBUTOSINE;

ARCHAEON; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EUKARYOTA;

BIOCATALYSIS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; NUCLEOSIDES; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84881262345     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.05.035     Document Type: Review

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