Crystal structure of a 4-thiouridine synthetase-RNA complex reveals specificity of tRNA U8 modification

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6673-6685

  Neumann, Piotr ^a   Lakomek, Kristina ^a,c   Naumann, Peter Thomas ^a   Erwin, Whitney M ^b   Lauhon, Charles T ^b   Ficner, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 THIOURIDINE SYNTHETASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HOMODIMER; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; N TERMINAL FERREDOXIN LIKE DOMAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; THIOLATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RNA, TRANSFER; SULFURTRANSFERASES; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; THIOURIDINE; URACIL;

EID: 84903189095     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku249     Document Type: Article

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