CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Type I PLP-dependent aspartate aminotransferase-like (Major domain)
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

2.5.1.73
O-phospho-L-seryl-tRNA:Cys-tRNA synthase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q59072
O-phospho-L-seryl-tRNA(Cys) + sulfide = L-cysteinyl-tRNA(Cys) + phosphate.
-!- In organisms like Archaeoglobus fulgidus lacking EC 6.1.1.16 for the direct Cys-tRNA(Cys) formation, Cys-tRNA(Cys) is produced by an indirect pathway, in which EC 6.1.1.27 ligates O-phosphoserine to tRNA(Cys), and EC 2.5.1.73 converts the produced O-phospho-L-seryl- tRNA(Cys) to Cys-tRNA(Cys). -!- The SepRS/SepCysS pathway is the sole route for cysteine biosynthesis in the organism. -!- Methanosarcina mazei can use both pathways, the direct route using EC 6.1.1.16 and the indirect pathway with EC 6.1.1.27 and EC 2.5.1.73. -!- Formerly EC 2.5.1.n3.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q59072
SPSS_METJA
Methanocaldococcus jannaschii DSM 2661
O-phospho-L-seryl-tRNA:Cys-tRNA synthase

PDB Structure

PDB 5X6B
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Structural basis for tRNA-dependent cysteine biosynthesis
Chen, M., Kato, K., Kubo, Y., Tanaka, Y., Liu, Y., Long, F., Whitman, W.B., Lill, P., Gatsogiannis, C., Raunser, S., Shimizu, N., Shinoda, A., Nakamura, A., Tanaka, I., Yao, M.
Nat Commun