Insights into editing from an ile-tRNA synthetase structure with tRNAile and mupirocin.
Silvian, L.F., Wang, J., Steitz, T.A.(1999) Science 285: 1074-1077
- PubMed: 10446055 
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1FFY, 1QU2, 1QU3 - PubMed Abstract: 
Isoleucyl-transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetase (IleRS) joins Ile to tRNA(Ile) at its synthetic active site and hydrolyzes incorrectly acylated amino acids at its editing active site. The 2.2 angstrom resolution crystal structure of Staphylococcus aureus IleRS complexed with tRNA(Ile) and Mupirocin shows the acceptor strand of the tRNA(Ile) in the continuously stacked, A-form conformation with the 3' terminal nucleotide in the editing active site ...