2007
Features of Aminoacyl‐tRNA Synthesis Unique to Archaea
Polycarpo C, Sheppard K, Randau L, Ambrogelly A, Cardoso A, Fukai S, Herring S, Hohn M, Nakamura Y, Oshikane H, Palioura S, Salazar J, Yuan J, Nureki O, Söll D. Features of Aminoacyl‐tRNA Synthesis Unique to Archaea. 2007, 198-208. DOI: 10.1128/9781555815516.ch9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAminoacyl-tRNA synthetasesAmino acidsCognate tRNA speciesCorrect amino acidDomains of lifeAminoacyl-tRNA synthetaseIntron-exon junctionsCorresponding tRNAsNanoarchaeum equitansMethylated thiolsM. jannaschiiMature tRNATRNA speciesGenomic studiesAncient familyBulge motifCysteine synthesisMethanogenic archaeaArchaeaBiosynthetic routeAa-tRNATRNATwo-step pathwayCys-tRNACysSynthetases
2000
A dual-specificity aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase in the deep-rooted eukaryote Giardia lamblia
Bunjun S, Stathopoulos C, Graham D, Min B, Kitabatake M, Wang A, Wang C, Vivarès C, Weiss L, Söll D. A dual-specificity aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase in the deep-rooted eukaryote Giardia lamblia. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 12997-13002. PMID: 11078517, PMCID: PMC27167, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.230444397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCys-tRNAAminoacyl-tRNA synthetaseProlyl-tRNA synthetasePrimitive eukaryote Giardia lambliaPro geneEukaryote Giardia lambliaNumber of archaeaAlanyl-tRNA synthetasesCysteinyl-tRNA synthetaseE. coli tRNACysS genesM. jannaschiiMethanococcus jannaschiiMost organismsGenomic sequencesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeCysteinyl-tRNAGene productsPro-tRNATRNA synthetaseDual specificityMethanobacterium thermoautotrophicumProtein synthesisEscherichia coliAmino acids
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