Archaeal Ubiquitin-Like Proteins: Functional Versatility and Putative Ancestral Involvement in tRNA Modification Revealed by Comparative Genomic Analysis

The recent discovery of protein modification by SAMPs, ubiquitin-like (Ubl) proteins from the archaeon Haloferax volcanii, prompted a comprehensive comparative-genomic analysis of archaeal Ubl protein genes and the genes for enzymes thought to be functionally associated with Ubl proteins. This analy...

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Main Authors: Kira S. Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Archaea
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/710303