Discovery and Biochemical Studies of Enzymes Involved in the Queuosine Biosynthetic Pathway

Queuosine (Q) is a hypermodified nucleoside present at the wobble position in the 5'-GUN-3' anticodon loop of asparagine, aspartic acid, histidine, and tyrosine encoding tRNAs. This hypermodified base contains a 7-deazapurine structure common to many antibiotics, antivirals, and antineopla...

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Main Author: Miles, Zachary David
Other Authors: Bandarian, Vahe
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/337363