Urzymology: Experimental access to a key transition in the appearance of enzymes

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 30213-30220

  Carter, Charles W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; PROTEINS;

ACID ACTIVATION; CATALYTIC MECHANISMS; EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; GENETIC CODE; PRE-STEADY STATE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE DATABASE; SYNTHETASES; TRANSITION-STATE;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URZYME; CODON;

ACYLATION; ALLOSTERISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CODON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENOMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; STEADY STATE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; URZYMOLOGY; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84903893580     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R114.567495     Document Type: Review

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