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CATH Superfamily 3.40.50.620

HUPs

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FunFam 88628: Glutamate--tRNA ligase 1

There are 2 EC terms in this cluster

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Glutamate--tRNA ligase. [EC: 6.1.1.17]
ATP + L-glutamate + tRNA(Glu) = AMP + diphosphate + L-glutamyl-tRNA(Glu).
    		 170 A0A091AF42 A0A091F993 A0A0A2U4U4 A0A0A7X3H0 A0A0B7GWK5 A0A0C1LX08 A0A0C1M3Q8 A0A0C7NL11 A0A0C7NV80 A0A0D0FCQ1
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    Glutamate--tRNA(Gln) ligase. [EC: 6.1.1.24]
    ATP + L-glutamate + tRNA(Glx) = AMP + diphosphate + L-glutamyl-tRNA(Glx).
    • When this enzyme acts on tRNA(Glu), it catalyzes the same reaction as EC 6.1.1.17.
    • It has, however, diminished discrimination, so that it can also form glutamate-tRNA(Gln).
    • This relaxation of specificity has been found to result from the absence of a loop in the tRNA that specifically recognizes the third position of the anticodon.
    • This accounts for the ability of this enzyme in, for example, Bacillus subtilis, to recognize both tRNA(1)(Gln) (UUG anticodon) and tRNA(Glu) (UUC anticodon) but not tRNA(2)(Gln) (CUG anticodon).
    • The ability of this enzyme to recognize both tRNA(Glu) and one of the tRNA(Gln) isoacceptors derives from their sharing a major identity element, a hypermodified derivative of U34 (5-methylaminomethyl-2- thiouridine).
    • The glutamyl-tRNA(Gln) is not used in protein synthesis until it is converted by EC 6.3.5.7 into glutaminyl-tRNA(Gln).
    		 10 A0A0C1LX08 A0A0C1M3Q8 A0A0D0FCQ1 A0A0R1IFB3 A0A0U5JW35 A0A0U5KFF0 A0A0U5KTP9 R9WH43 U2QY75 V5WI00