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Mutational separation of aminoacylation and cytokine activities of human tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase.
Chemistry & biology - 29 May 2009
Kapoor Mili, Otero Francella J, Slike Bonnie M, Ewalt Karla L, Yang Xiang-Lei
Abstract excerpt
Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases are known for catalysis of aminoacylation. Significantly, some mammalian synthetases developed cytokine functions possibly linked to disease-causing mutations in tRNA synthetases. Not understood is how epitopes for cytokine signaling were introduced into catalytic scaffolds without disturbing aminoacylation. Here we investigate human tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase, where a catalytic-domain...
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