5t8y

Structural highlights

Function

[QUEG_BACSU] Catalyzes the conversion of epoxyqueuosine (oQ) to queuosine (Q), which is a hypermodified base found in the wobble positions of tRNA(Asp), tRNA(Asn), tRNA(His) and tRNA(Tyr).[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00916]^[1]

References

1. ↑ Miles ZD, McCarty RM, Molnar G, Bandarian V. Discovery of epoxyqueuosine (oQ) reductase reveals parallels between halorespiration and tRNA modification. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 May 3;108(18):7368-72. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1018636108. Epub 2011 Apr 18. PMID:21502530 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1018636108