Aminoacyl-TRNA Synthetase Contains Two Binding Sites

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Essay

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase contains two binding sites.Describe the consequence of a mutation that changed the specificity of the amino acid binding site of an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase from Glu to Asp.

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