Characterization of two homologous 2′-O-methyltransferases showing different specificities for their tRNA substrates

RNA

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1257-1271

  Somme, Jonathan ^a   Van Laer, Bart ^b,c   Roovers, Martine ^d   Steyaert, Jan ^b,c   Versées, Wim ^b,c   Droogmans, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques Jean Marie Wiame   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Methyltransferase; Modified nucleosides; SPOUT; tRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTIDINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOSIDE; PROTEIN TRMJ; RIBOSE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

METHYLTRANSFERASE; MODIFIED NUCLEOSIDES; SPOUT; TRNA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, TRANSFER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84904503504     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.044503.114     Document Type: Article

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