CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Glutamyl-tRNA Synthetase; Domain 3
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

6.1.1.17
Glutamate--tRNA ligase.
based on mapping to UniProt P27000
ATP + L-glutamate + tRNA(Glu) = AMP + diphosphate + L-glutamyl-tRNA(Glu).

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P27000
SYE_THET8
Thermus thermophilus HB8
Glutamate--tRNA ligase

PDB Structure

PDB 1N77
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
ATP binding by glutamyl-tRNA synthetase is switched to the productive mode by tRNA binding
Sekine, S., Nureki, O., Dubois, D.Y., Bernier, S., Chenevert, R., Lapointe, J., Vassylyev, D.G., Yokoyama, S.
EMBO J.