1999
Substrate recognition by class I lysyl-tRNA synthetases: A molecular basis for gene displacement
Ibba M, Losey H, Kawarabayasi Y, Kikuchi H, Bunjun S, Söll D. Substrate recognition by class I lysyl-tRNA synthetases: A molecular basis for gene displacement. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1999, 96: 418-423. PMID: 9892648, PMCID: PMC15151, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.2.418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesBase SequenceBorrelia burgdorferi GroupCloning, MolecularDiphosphatesEscherichia coliEvolution, MolecularGenes, ArchaealGenes, BacterialGenetic Complementation TestKineticsLysine-tRNA LigaseMethanococcusMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid ConformationPhylogenyRNA, Transfer, Amino AcylSequence Analysis, DNASubstrate SpecificityTranscription, GeneticConceptsClass II LysRSAminoacyl-tRNA synthetasesLysyl-tRNA synthetasesSubstrate recognitionMolecular basisBacterial class IClass II enzymesSequence-specific recognitionGene displacementTranslational apparatusTRNA recognitionEscherichia coli strainsLysRSLysRSsSame nucleotideSynthetasesDiscriminator baseUnrelated typesLysine activationCertain bacteriaII enzymesColi strainsTRNALysClass IEnzyme
1997
A Euryarchaeal Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase: Resemblance to Class I Synthetases
Ibba M, Morgan S, Curnow A, Pridmore D, Vothknecht U, Gardner W, Lin W, Woese C, Söll D. A Euryarchaeal Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase: Resemblance to Class I Synthetases. Science 1997, 278: 1119-1122. PMID: 9353192, DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5340.1119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClass I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetaseCrenarchaeote Sulfolobus solfataricusDinucleotide-binding domainAminoacyl-tRNA synthetasesAmino acid motifsAmino acid sequenceAminoacyl-tRNA synthetaseLysyl-tRNA synthetaseClass II synthetasesEuryarchaeal genomesUnassigned functionMethanococcus jannaschiiMethanococcus maripaludisLysRS proteinsReading frameSulfolobus solfataricusAcid motifAcid sequenceSuch organismsMethanobacterium thermoautotrophicumLysRSProteinSynthetasesSynthetaseRNA synthetase