tRNA pseudouridine¹³ synthase (, ''TruD'', ''YgbO'', ''tRNA PSI13 synthase'', ''RNA:PSI-synthase Pus7p'', ''Pus7p'', ''RNA:pseudouridine-synthase Pus7p'', ''Pus7 protein'') is an

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with

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''tRNA-uridine¹³ uracil mutase''. This enzyme catalyses the following

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: tRNA uridine¹³

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tRNA pseudouridine¹³ Pseudouridine synthase TruD from ''

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'' specifically acts on uridine¹³ in tRNA.

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