Two-subunit enzymes involved in eukaryotic post-transcriptional tRNA modification

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1608-1618

  Guy, Michael P ^a   Phizicky, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerevisiae; Modification; Tad2; Trm112; Trm61; Trm7; Trm734; Trm8; Trm9; tRNA

Indexed keywords

DEAMINASE; HETERODIMER; METHYLTRANSFERASE; TAD2 TAD3 ENZYME; TRANSFER RNA; TRM11 TRM112 ENZYME; TRM6 TRM61 ENZYME; TRM7 TRM732 ENZYME; TRM7 TRM734 ENZYME; TRM8 TRM82 ENZYME; TRM9 TRM112 ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA MODIFICATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA PROCESSING;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSIDE DEAMINASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84924857942     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1008360     Document Type: Review

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