An archaeal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase missing from genomic analysis.
- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- Vol. 181 (18) , 5880-4
Abstract
The complete genomic sequencing of Methanococcus jannaschii cannot identify the gene for the cysteine-specific member of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. However, we show here that enzyme activity is present in the cell lysate of M. jannaschii. The demonstration of this activity suggests a direct pathway for the synthesis of cysteinyl-tRNA(Cys) during protein synthesis.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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