Article
Distinct Substrate and Intermediate Recognition via Mutation Effects on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase.
Proteins - 1 May 2026
Thakur Shivani, Mehra Rukmankesh
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis kills millions worldwide. Drug-resistance demands exploring new targets against this illness. Methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS) is a crucial target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) that participates in the initiation and elongation of translation and represents a protein of evolutionary interest. To elucidate the structure-function relationships of MetRS, we performed detailed sequence analyses...
Topics
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Methionine-tRNA Ligase
- Molecular Dynamics Simulation
- Methionine
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Bacterial Proteins
- Substrate Specificity
- Mutation
- Protein Binding
- Catalytic Domain
- Adenosine Monophosphate
- Binding Sites
