Interaction of fMet-tRNA(fMet) and fMet-AMP with the C-terminal domain of Thermus thermophilus translation initiation factor 2

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 4290-4299

  Szkaradkiewicz, Karol ^b   Zuleeg, Tilman ^b   Limmer, Stefan ^b   Sprinzl, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Initiation factor 2; Initiator tRNA; NMR spectroscopy; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 2; TRANSFER RNA; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; FORMYLMETHIONINE; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; TRNA, FORMYLMETHIONINE; TRNA, FORMYLMETHIONINE-;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA BINDING; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

PROKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 85047677388     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2000.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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