Structural and functional considerations of the aminoacylation reaction

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作者
Arnez, JG
Moras, D
机构
[1] Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale, Inst. Genet. Biol. Molec. et Cell., CNRS/INSERM/ULP, 67404 Illkirch Cedex
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10.1016/S0968-0004(97)01052-9
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRS) bind their substrates - ATP, amino acids and tRNA - and stabilize putative transition states in the aminoacylation reaction. Here, we discuss the common and distinguishing structural and functional themes of the 20 known aaRS, which can be divided into two main classes (I and II) and into further subgroups on this basis.
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