Biosynthesis and functions of sulfur modifications in tRNA

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Shigi, Naoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Post transcriptional modification; Post translational modification; Sulfur; tRNA; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

2 THIOURIDINE; 4 THIOURIDINE; 5 CARBOXYMETHYLAMINOMETHYL 2 THIOURIDINE; 5 METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYL 2 THIOURIDINE; 5 METHYL 2 THIOURIDINE DERIVATIVE; 5 TAURINOMETHYL 2 THIOURIDINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CDR2 PROTEIN; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MNMA PROTEIN; MOCS2A PROTEIN; NCS2 PROTEIN; NCS6 PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SMALL ARCHAEAL MODIFIER PROTEIN 2; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; THIOURIDINE; TRANSFER RNA; TTUA PROTEIN; TTUB PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA DAMAGE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFUR MODIFICATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84898032005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00067     Document Type: Review

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