2004
Insights into Strand Displacement and Processivity from the Crystal Structure of the Protein-Primed DNA Polymerase of Bacteriophage φ29
Kamtekar S, Berman AJ, Wang J, Lázaro JM, de Vega M, Blanco L, Salas M, Steitz TA. Insights into Strand Displacement and Processivity from the Crystal Structure of the Protein-Primed DNA Polymerase of Bacteriophage φ29. Molecular Cell 2004, 16: 609-618. PMID: 15546620, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.10.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA polymerasePhi29 DNA polymeraseT7 RNA polymeraseB-family polymerasesSpecific serinePriming proteinPolymerase active sitePhage phi29RNA polymerasePhage genomeSpecificity loopNontemplate strandStrand displacement activityFirst nucleotideHomology modelingSequence insertionHigh processivityProtein primerB familyPolymeraseDuplex DNATemplate DNAProcessivityProteinDNA
2003
The structural basis of cysteine aminoacylation of tRNAPro by prolyl-tRNA synthetases
Kamtekar S, Kennedy WD, Wang J, Stathopoulos C, Söll D, Steitz TA. The structural basis of cysteine aminoacylation of tRNAPro by prolyl-tRNA synthetases. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 1673-1678. PMID: 12578991, PMCID: PMC149891, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0437911100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLigand-free conformationCognate amino acidAmino acidsRecent biochemical experimentsProlyl-tRNA synthetasesCysteinyl-tRNA synthetaseProlyl-tRNA synthetaseActive site pocketMethanocaldococcus jannaschiiMethanopyrus kandleriMethanothermobacter thermautotrophicusCognate tRNAEssential enzymeApo formStructural basisBiochemical experimentsAminoacyl-adenylate analoguesHomology modelingConformational changesProtein synthesisTRNAProRSAdenylate complexNanomolar affinitySynthetase