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Biology of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases

  • 1st Edition, Volume 48 - October 23, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Lluis Ribas de Pouplana, Laurie S. Kaguni
  • Language: English

Biology of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, Volume 48 in The Enzymes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on A narrative a… Read more

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Biology of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, Volume 48 in The Enzymes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on A narrative about our work on the endless frontier of editing, The puzzling evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Structural basis of the tRNA recognition by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Catalytic strategies of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Trans-editing by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-like editing domains, Adaptive and maladaptive mistranslation arising from aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Non-canonical inputs and outputs of tRNA aminoacylation, Structure and function of multi-tRNA synthetase complexes, Mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Non-canonical functions of human cytoplasmic tyrosyl-, tryptophanyl- and other aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and much more.

Key features

  • Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
  • Presents the latest release in The Enzymes series

Readership

Specialists in the field of Enzymes

Table of contents

1. The endless frontier of tRNA synthetases

Paul Schimmel

2. The evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: From dawn to LUCA

Lluís Ribas de Pouplana

3. Putting amino acids onto tRNAs: The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as catalysts

Rebecca W. Alexander and Tamara L. Hendrickson

4. Trans-editing by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-like editing domains

Alexandra B. Kuzmishin Nagy, Marina Bakhtina and Karin Musier-Forsyth

5. Noncanonical inputs and outputs of tRNA aminoacylation

Marine Hemmerle, Marion Wendenbaum, Guillaume Grob, Nathaniel Yakobov, Nassira Mahmoudi, Bruno Senger, Sylvain Debard, Frédéric Fischer and Hubert Dominique Becker

6. Structures and functions of multi-tRNA synthetase complexes

Myung Hee Kim and Sunghoon Kim

7. Mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Joseph Chihade

8. Non-canonical functions of human tytoplasmic tyrosyl-, tryptophanyl- and other aminoacyl- tRNA synthetases

Keisuke Wakasugi and Takumi Yokosawa

9. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in cell signaling

Peng Yao and Paul L. Fox

10. Human diseases linked to cytoplasmic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Lei Jiang, Julia Jones and Xiang-Lei Yang

11. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as drug targets

Maria Lukarska and Andrés Palencia

12. Engineering aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for use in synthetic biology

Natalie Krahn, Jeffery Tharp, Ana Crnković and Dieter Söll

13. Novel functions of cytoplasmic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases shaping the hallmarks of cancer

Justin Wang and Xiang-Lei Yang

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 48
  • Published: October 26, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

LR

Lluis Ribas de Pouplana

Lluís Ribas de Pouplana is ICREA Research Professor at IRB Barcelona, Spain
Affiliations and expertise
IRB Barcelona, Spain

LK

Laurie S. Kaguni

Laurie S. Kaguni is at Michigan State University, MI, USA
Affiliations and expertise
Michigan State University, MI, USA

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