The Structural Basis of the Genetic Code: Amino Acid Recognition by Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases
Florian Kaiser, Sarah Krautwurst, Sebastian Salentin…·Michael Schroeder
This study characterizes how aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases distinguish amino acids using computational analysis of crystallographic structures, revealing the role of binding site composition, non-covalent interactions, error correction, and steric effects.