A nondiscriminating glutamyl-tRNA synthetase in the plasmodium apicoplast: The first enzyme in an indirect aminoacylation pathway

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 32539-32552

  Mailu, Boniface M ^a   Ramasamay, Gowthaman ^a   Mudeppa, Devaraja G ^b   Li, Ling ^a   Lindner, Scott E ^a,c   Peterson, Megan J ^a,d   DeRocher, Amy E ^a   Kappe, Stefan H I ^a,b   Rathod, Pradipsinh K ^b   Gardner, Malcolm J ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYLATION; DRUG TARGETS; MALARIA PARASITE; ORTHOLOGS; P. FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETASES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINOACYLATION; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PBGLURS GENE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINOACYL TRNA SYNTHETASE; APICOPLAST; MALARIA; NUCLEIC ACID ENZYMOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; TRANSFER RNA (TRNA);

APICOPLASTS; GLUTAMATE-TRNA LIGASE; HUMANS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER, GLN; RNA, TRANSFER, GLU; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

EID: 84887465060     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.507467     Document Type: Article

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