Leucine-tRNA Ligase
"Leucine-tRNA Ligase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that activates leucine with its specific transfer RNA. EC 6.1.1.4.
| Descriptor ID |
D007935
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.464.263.200.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Leucine-tRNA Ligase- Leucine-tRNA Ligase
- Leucine tRNA Ligase
- Ligase, Leucine-tRNA
- Leucine-tRNA Synthetase
- Leucine tRNA Synthetase
- Synthetase, Leucine-tRNA
- Leu-tRNA Ligase
- Leu tRNA Ligase
- Ligase, Leu-tRNA
- Leucyl T RNA Synthetase
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leucine-tRNA Ligase" by people in Profiles.
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Zhai Y, Nawaz MH, Lee KW, Kirkbride E, Briggs JM, Martinis SA. Modulation of substrate specificity within the amino acid editing site of leucyl-tRNA synthetase. Biochemistry. 2007 Mar 20; 46(11):3331-7.
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Lee KW, Briggs JM. Molecular modeling study of the editing active site of Escherichia coli leucyl-tRNA synthetase: two amino acid binding sites in the editing domain. Proteins. 2004 Mar 01; 54(4):693-704.
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Mursinna RS, Lee KW, Briggs JM, Martinis SA. Molecular dissection of a critical specificity determinant within the amino acid editing domain of leucyl-tRNA synthetase. Biochemistry. 2004 Jan 13; 43(1):155-65.
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Martinis SA, Fox GE. Non-standard amino acid recognition by Escherichia coli leucyl-tRNA synthetase. Nucleic Acids Symp Ser. 1997; 36:125-8.