Leishmania tarentolae contains distinct cytosolic and mitochondrial glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase activities
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Leishmania tarentolae contains distinct cytosolic and mitochondrial glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase activities.
The intracellular distribution of glutaminyl-tRNA synthetases and their role in mitochondrial tRNA import were evaluated in the ancient eukaryote Leishmania tarentolae. The following results were obtained: (i) Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase was detected in leishmanial mitochondria. This was unexpected because it has been postulated that, in organelles, Gln-tRNAGln is not formed by direct acylation ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.15.7903