Structural basis for tRNA modification by Elp3 from Dehalococcoides mccartyi

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 794-802

  Glatt, Sebastian ^a,b   Zabel, Rene ^c   Kolaj Robin, Olga ^d,e,f   Onuma, Osita F ^c   Baudin, Florence ^a,g   Graziadei, Andrea ^a   Taverniti, Valerio ^d,e,f   Lin, Ting Yu ^b   Baymann, Frauke ^h   Séraphin, Bertrand ^d,e,f   Breunig, Karin D ^c   Müller, Christoph W ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^g EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^h AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CANAVANINE; CYSTEINE; ELONGATOR PROTEIN 3; GALACTOSE; HYDROGEN; LYSINE; PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES MCCARTYI; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECTRUM; SURFACE CHARGE; THERMOSTABILITY; ALPHA HELIX; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLEXI; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHLOROFLEXI; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION, ALPHA-HELICAL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84980338855     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3265     Document Type: Article

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