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ArticleNature chemical biology2017

Crystal structures reveal an elusive functional domain of pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase.

Tateki Suzuki, Corwin Miller, Li-Tao Guo, Joanne M L Ho, David I Bryson, Yane-Shih Wang, David R Liu, Dieter Söll

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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8 authors.

Tateki SuzukiDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Corwin MillerDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Li-Tao GuoDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Joanne M L HoDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
David I BrysonDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Yane-Shih WangDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-9577
David R LiuDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Dieter SöllDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3077-8986

Funding

TRANSFER RNAR01GM022854 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER · 1985 to 2016
$21.3M
Integrating Chemistry and Evolution to Illuminate Biology and Enable Novel TherapeuticsR35GM118062 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, DAVID R · 2016 to 2025
$6.4M
Studies of Transfer RNAR35GM122560 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER · 2017 to 2022
$5.6M
Continuous Evolution of Proteins with Novel Therapeutic PotentialR01EB022376 · NIBIB · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, DAVID R · 2016 to 2019
$1.8M
Directed Evolution of Improved Orthogonal Aminoacyl-tRNASynthetases Through Phage Assisted Continuous Evolution (PACE)F32GM106621 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI BRYSON, DAVID · 2015 to 2015
$54k
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB022376NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM106621NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM022854NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118062NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (PylRS) is a major tool in genetic code expansion using noncanonical amino acids, yet its structure and function are not completely understood. Here we describe the crystal structure of the previously uncharacterized essential N-terminal domain of this unique enzyme in complex with tRNA

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Amino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesCrystallography, X-RayDirected Molecular EvolutionLysineMethanosarcinaModels, MolecularAmino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesLysinepyrrolysine

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PMID29035363
PMCPMC5698177

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