Evolution of RNA-Protein Interactions: Non-Specific Binding Led to RNA Splicing Activity of Fungal Mitochondrial Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetases

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Lamech, Lilian T ^a   Mallam, Anna L ^a   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYT 18 PROTEIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOZYME;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PEZIZOMYCOTINA; SACCHAROMYCOTINA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INTRONS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, FUNGAL; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; TYROSINE-TRNA LIGASE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84924039550     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002028     Document Type: Article

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