Article
Stabilization of the transition state for the transfer of tyrosine to tRNA(Tyr) by tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase.
Journal of molecular biology - 20 Oct 2000
Xin Y, Li W, First E A
Abstract excerpt
Aminoacylation of tRNA(Tyr) involves two steps: (1) tyrosine activation to form the tyrosyl-adenylate intermediate; and (2) transfer of tyrosine from the tyrosyl-adenylate intermediate to tRNA(Tyr). In Bacillus stearothermophilus tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase, Asp78, Tyr169, and Gln173 have been shown to form hydrogen bonds with the alpha-ammonium group of the tyrosine substrate during the first step of the...
Topics
- Acylation
- Adenosine
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Aspartic Acid
- Catalysis
- Enzyme Stability
- Evolution, Molecular
- Geobacillus stearothermophilus
- Glutamine
- Kinetics
