tRNA maturation: RNA polymerization without a nucleic acid template

被引：53

作者：

Weiner, AM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Washington, Dept Biochem, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2004年 / 14卷 / 20期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.069

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

The CCA-adding enzyme, which builds and repairs the 3' terminal CCA sequence of tRNA, is the only RNA polymerase that can synthesize a defined nucleotide sequence without using a nucleic acid template. New cocrystal structures tell us how this remarkable enzyme works.

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页码：R883 / R885

页数：3

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