Full implementation of the genetic code by tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase requires intermodular coupling

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 34736-34745

  Li, Li ^a   Carter Jr , Charles W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING ENERGIES; ENERGETIC COUPLING; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT; FULL-LENGTH ENZYMES; INTERMODULAR COUPLING; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; STEADY-STATE KINETICS;

BINDING ENERGY; ENZYMES; PEPTIDES;

AMINO ACIDS;

TRANSFER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TYROSINE;

ACYLATION; ALLOSTERISM; AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CODE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STEADY STATE;

EID: 84888996933     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.510958     Document Type: Article

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