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The enzyme, found in thermophilic bacteria and archaea, modifies the ribothymidine (5-methyluridine) residue at position 54 of tRNAs. Contains zinc and an [4Fe-4S] cluster. Some organisms, such as the archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii, do not have a TtuB sulfur-carrier protein, and appear to use sulfide as the sulfur source. |
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