Acquisition of a bacterial RumA-type tRNA(uracil-54, C5)-methyltransferase by Archaea through an ancient horizontal gene transfer.
Urbonavicius J, Auxilien S, Walbott H, Trachana K, Golinelli-Pimpaneau B, Brochier-Armanet C, Grosjean H.
Urbonavicius J, et al.
Mol Microbiol. 2008 Jan;67(2):323-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06047.x. Epub 2007 Dec 7.
Mol Microbiol. 2008.
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None of the gene products of the two P. abyssi paralogues catalyses in vitro the formation of m(5)U in a P. abyssi rRNA fragment homologous to the bacterial RumA substrate. Instead, PAB0719 enzyme (renamed (Pab)TrmU54) displays an identical specificity to TrmA, as it catal …
None of the gene products of the two P. abyssi paralogues catalyses in vitro the formation of m(5)U in a P. abyssi rRNA fragment homologous …