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Site tilS

• Name: tilS
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0188	MG1655 locus tag
  mesJ	Pichoff and Bouche', 1995, GenBank
  yaeN

  
  
• Mnemonic: tRNA(Ile) lysidine synthetase
• Left End Point: 4.58
• Right End Point: 4.61
  Products:

  tRNA(Ile) lysidine (L34) synthase

  
  
• Direction: >
• Priority: 0
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG13220
  EcoliWiki	tilS

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Pichoff, S., J.P. Bouche' 1995. Identification of a new Escherichia coli cell cycle gene. GenBank submission Z5087:1
  
  
  • Soma, A., Y. Ikeuchi, S. Kanemasa, K. Kobayashi, N. Ogasawara, T. Ote, J. Kato, K. Watanabe, Y. Sekine, T.. Suzuki 2003. An RNA-modifying enzyme that governs both the codon and amino acid specificities of isoleucine tRNA. Mol Cell 12:689-698
  
  
  • Grosjean, H., G.R. Bjork 2004. Enzymatic conversion of cytidine to lysidine in anticodon of bacterial isoleucyl-tRNA--an alternative way of RNA editing. Trends Biochem.Sci. 29:165-168