A structure of the complex of tRNAGlu and class I glutamyl-tRNA synthetase from Thermus thermophilus provides new details of tRNA recognition, and an accompanying mutational study provides a model for how a discriminating enzyme could have evolved from a less discriminating predecessor.
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Francklyn, C. Charging two for the price of one. Nat Struct Mol Biol 8, 189–191 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/84901
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