Crystal structures reveal an elusive functional domain of pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1261-1266

  Suzuki, Tateki ^a   Miller, Corwin ^a,e   Guo, Li Tao ^a   Ho, Joanne M L ^a   Bryson, David I ^b   Wang, Yane Shih ^a,f   Liu, David R ^b,c,d   Söll, Dieter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e DS Therapeutics   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; PYRROLYSYL TRNA SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYSINE; PYRROLYSINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; LABORATORY TEST; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR MODEL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; LYSINE; METHANOSARCINA; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 85034866942     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2497     Document Type: Article

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