Mitochondrial methionyl-tRNAfMet formyltransferase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae: gene disruption and tRNA substrate specificity.
Vial L, Gomez P, Panvert M, Schmitt E, Blanquet S, Mechulam Y.
Vial L, et al. Among authors: panvert m.
Biochemistry. 2003 Feb 4;42(4):932-9. doi: 10.1021/bi026901x.
Biochemistry. 2003.
PMID: 12549912
Indeed, it was shown that bovine mitochondrial formylase mainly recognizes the side chain of the esterified methionine plus a purine-pyrimidine base pair in the D-stem of tRNA [Takeuchi, N., Vial, L., Panvert, M., Schmitt, E., Watanabe, K., Mechulam, Y., and Blanque …
Indeed, it was shown that bovine mitochondrial formylase mainly recognizes the side chain of the esterified methionine plus a purine-pyrimid …