Biopolym. Cell. 1997; 13(4):298-302.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.00048E
Structure and Function of Biopolymers
Studies of interaction sites between tRNA2Ser from Thermus thermophilus and seryl-tRNA synthetase by chemical modification
1Kovalenko O. P., 1Petrushenko Z. M., 1Mal'chenko N. N., 1Krikliviy I. A., 1Yaremchuk A. D., 1Tukalo M. A.
  1. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
    150, Akademika Zabolotnoho Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680

Abstract

The reaction activity of phosphates of tRNA2Ser from T. thermophilus complexed with it a cognate aminoacyi-tRNA syntlmtase has been defined. Seryl-tRNA synthelase protects phosphates of acceptor, variable, T-stems and T-loop from alkylation by ethyl-nitrosourea.
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