2000
Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, the Genetic Code, and the Evolutionary Process
Woese C, Olsen G, Ibba M, Söll D. Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, the Genetic Code, and the Evolutionary Process. Microbiology And Molecular Biology Reviews 2000, 64: 202-236. PMID: 10704480, PMCID: PMC98992, DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.64.1.202-236.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAminoacyl-tRNA synthetasesIndividual aminoacyl-tRNA synthetasesEvolutionary processesAAR geneEvolutionary relationshipsPhylogenetic treeGenetic codeUniversal phylogenetic treeDistant evolutionary pastOrganismal phylogenyOrganismal domainsCodon assignmentsTaxonomic distributionEvolutionary pastHorizontal transferEvolutionary profilesGenetic materialIndividual enzymesEvolutionary perspectiveSynthetasesGenesEnzymeBacteriaModern counterpartsTrees
1994
Recognition in the Glutamine tRNA System: from Structure to Function
Sherman J, Rogers M, Söll D. Recognition in the Glutamine tRNA System: from Structure to Function. 1994, 395-409. DOI: 10.1128/9781555818333.ch19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEscherichia coli glutaminyl-tRNA synthetaseFirst high-resolution crystal structureAccurate protein synthesisProtein-RNA interactionsImportant specificity determinantsProtein-RNA complexesClose evolutionary relationshipE. coli GlnRSGlutaminyl-tRNA synthetaseHigh-resolution crystal structuresGlutamyl-tRNA synthetaseAminoacyl-tRNA synthetasesRecognition of tRNAEvolutionary relationshipsTRNA identity elementsTight recognitionSpecificity determinantsTRNA substratesGlnRBiochemical approachesCognate tRNATRNA systemTRNABiophysical techniquesEnzyme mechanism