2000
Domain-specific recruitment of amide amino acids for protein synthesis
Tumbula D, Becker H, Chang W, Söll D. Domain-specific recruitment of amide amino acids for protein synthesis. Nature 2000, 407: 106-110. PMID: 10993083, DOI: 10.1038/35024120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlutaminyl-tRNA synthetaseAsparaginyl-tRNA synthetaseProtein synthesisAmino acidsAminoacyl-transfer RNAAmino acid metabolismGlu-tRNAGlnAsn-tRNAProtein biosynthesisGln-tRNAArchaeaTRNASynthetaseAmidotransferaseBacteriaAmidotransferasesDirect evidenceDifferent mechanismsBiosynthesisCentral importanceCrucial stepRNAOrganismsDomainCytoplasm
1998
Sequence Divergence of Seryl-tRNA Synthetases in Archaea
Kim H, Vothknecht U, Hedderich R, Celic I, Söll D. Sequence Divergence of Seryl-tRNA Synthetases in Archaea. Journal Of Bacteriology 1998, 180: 6446-6449. PMID: 9851985, PMCID: PMC107743, DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6446-6449.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen reading frameM. thermoautotrophicumRelevant open reading frameSeryl-tRNA synthetasesCys-tRNACysCanonical cysteinyl-tRNA synthetaseGel shift experimentsCysteinyl-tRNA synthetaseN-terminal peptide sequenceEscherichia coli tRNASequence divergenceDirect aminoacylationM. jannaschiiMethanococcus jannaschiiGenomic sequencesReading frameSer geneHomologous tRNAsGenomic dataMethanogenic archaeaMethanobacterium thermoautotrophicumShift experimentsEnzymatic propertiesArchaeaSerine