CCA-adding enzyme
CCA-adding enzyme (CAE) builds or repairs the trinucleotice CCA at the 3’ end of tRNA. CAE has one active site which is capable of binding CTP and ATP in a specific sequence. In the bacteria Aquifex aeolicus, CAE consists of 2 subunits. One specific for CTP and the other for ATP. CAE builds the CCA without a genetic template.[1] |
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3D structures of CCA-adding enzyme3D structures of CCA-adding enzyme
Updated on 29-November-2015
ReferencesReferences
- ↑ Xiong Y, Steitz TA. Mechanism of transfer RNA maturation by CCA-adding enzyme without using an oligonucleotide template. Nature. 2004 Aug 5;430(7000):640-5. PMID:15295590 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature02711
- ↑ Pan B, Xiong Y, Steitz TA. How the CCA-adding enzyme selects adenine over cytosine at position 76 of tRNA. Science. 2010 Nov 12;330(6006):937-40. PMID:21071662 doi:10.1126/science.1194985