Studies on Pyrrolysine - The 22nd Amino Acid
Recently, a 22nd amino acid has been discovered, pyrrolysine. Pyrrolysine (pyl) is coded by the translation of a amber (UAG) codon. Pyl was first found in the active site for genes encoding for methylamine methyltransferases in Methanosarcinaceae. New discoveries have now identified pyl in the Gram-...
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The University of Arizona.
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146665 |