Papers of the month

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2011


  • May 2011
    • Miles et al. identified the enzyme for the key final step in the biosynthesis of queuosine, a hypermodified base found in the wobble positions of tRNA Asp, Asn, His, and Tyr from bacteria to man
    • Relevant SubtiWiki pages: QueG, translation

Zachary D Miles, Reid M McCarty, Gabriella Molnar, Vahe Bandarian
Discovery of epoxyqueuosine (oQ) reductase reveals parallels between halorespiration and tRNA modification.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2011, 108(18);7368-72
[PubMed:21502530] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)