Slight sequence variations of a common fold explain the substrate specificities of tRNA‐guanine transglycosylases from the three kingdoms
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- 13 October 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 416 (1) , 93-98
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01175-7
Abstract
TRNA‐guanine transglycosylases (TGTs) are the enzymes catalyzing the base exchange required for the synthesis of the modified bases derived from 7‐deazaguanine in prokaryotic, archaebacterial, and eu...Keywords
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