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
2006
RNA‐Dependent Cysteine Biosynthesis in Archaea
Yuan J, Sauerwald A, Zhu W, Major T, Roy H, Palioura S, Jahn D, Whitman W, Yates J, Ibba M, Söll D. RNA‐Dependent Cysteine Biosynthesis in Archaea. The FASEB Journal 2006, 20: a503-a504. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.4.a503-d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCysteine biosynthesisSep-tRNACys-tRNA synthaseCys-tRNACysPhosphoseryl-tRNA synthetaseCysteinyl-tRNA synthetaseCys-tRNAGenetic experimentsSec tRNAMost organismsMethanocaldococcus jannaschiiGenetic codeGenomic analysisEssential enzymeMethanogenic archaeaArchaeaSimilar enzymesO-phosphoserineBiosynthesisOrganismsSynthetaseEnzymePathwaySulfur donorSole route
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