Chemistry & Biology
Volume 15, Issue 3, 21 March 2008, Pages 209-210
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New Light on Methylthiolation Reactions

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A novel enzyme, named RimO for ribosomal modification (Anton et al., 2008) catalyzes the methylthiolation of aspartate 88 of the S12 ribosomal protein in Escherichia coli and shows a strong similarity with the iron-sulfur enzyme MiaB involved in the methylthiolation of tRNAs.

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