CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Nucleic acid-binding proteins
Functional Family Lysine--tRNA ligase

Enzyme Information

6.1.1.6
Lysine--tRNA ligase.
based on mapping to UniProt P0A8N3
ATP + L-lysine + tRNA(Lys) = AMP + diphosphate + L-lysyl-tRNA(Lys).

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P0A8N3
SYK1_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
Lysine--tRNA ligase

PDB Structure

PDB 1BBW
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Structural studies of lysyl-tRNA synthetase: conformational changes induced by substrate binding.
Onesti, S., Desogus, G., Brevet, A., Chen, J., Plateau, P., Blanquet, S., Brick, P.
Biochemistry