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IPR014758

Description

IPR014758 is a Methionyl-tRNA synthetase.

<p>The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (also known as aminoacyl-tRNA ligases) catalyse the attachment of an amino acid to its cognate transfer RNA molecule in a highly specific two-step reaction [[cite:PUB00079872], [cite:PUB00079873]]. These proteins differ widely in size and oligomeric state, and have limited sequence homology [[cite:PUB00007191]]. The 20 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are divided into two classes, I and II. Class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases contain a characteristic Rossman fold catalytic domain and are mostly monomeric [[cite:PUB00006477]]. Class II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases share an anti-parallel β-sheet fold flanked by α-helices [[cite:PUB00000386]], and are mostly dimeric or multimeric, containing at least three conserved regions [[cite:PUB00000723], [cite:PUB00005365], [cite:PUB00004391]]. However, tRNA binding involves an α-helical structure that is conserved between class I and class II synthetases. In reactions catalysed by the class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, the aminoacyl group is coupled to the 2'-hydroxyl of the tRNA, while, in class II reactions, the 3'-hydroxyl site is preferred. The synthetases specific for arginine, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, tyrosine, tryptophan, valine, and some lysine synthetases (non-eukaryotic group) belong to class I synthetases. The synthetases specific for alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, glycine, histidine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, and some lysine synthetases (non-archaeal group), belong to class-II synthetases. Based on their mode of binding to the tRNA acceptor stem, both classes of tRNA synthetases have been subdivided into three subclasses, designated 1a, 1b, 1c and 2a, 2b, 2c [[cite:PUB00007363]].</p> <p>Methionine-tRNA ligase ([ec:6.1.1.10]) is an alpha 2 dimer. In some species (archaea, eubacteria and eukaryotes) a coding sequence, similar to the C-terminal end of MetRS, is present as an independent gene which is a tRNA binding domain as a dimer. In eubacteria, MetRS can also be split in two sub-classes corresponding to the presence of one or two CXXC domains specific to zinc binding. The crystal structures of a number of methionine-tRNA ligases are known [[cite:PUB00006477], [cite:PUB00006254], [cite:PUB00006518]].</p>

This description is obtained from EB-eye REST.

Associated GO terms

GO predictions are based solely on the InterPro-to-GO mappings published by EMBL-EBI, which are in turn based on the mapping of predicted domains to the InterPro dataset. The InterPro-to-GO mapping was last updated on , while the GO metadata was last updated on .

GO term Namespace Name Definition Relationships
Molecular function Nucleotide binding Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a nucleotide, any compound consisting of a nucleoside that is esterified with (ortho)phosphate or an oligophosphate at any hydroxyl group on the ribose or deoxyribose.
Molecular function Methionine-tRNA ligase activity Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + L-methionine + tRNA(Met) = AMP + diphosphate + L-methionyl-tRNA(Met).
Molecular function ATP binding Interacting selectively and non-covalently with ATP, adenosine 5'-triphosphate, a universally important coenzyme and enzyme regulator.
Biological process Methionyl-tRNA aminoacylation The process of coupling methionine to methionyl-tRNA, catalyzed by methionyl-tRNA synthetase. The methionyl-tRNA synthetase is a class-I synthetase. The activated amino acid is transferred to the 2'-OH group of a methionine-accetping tRNA. The 2'-O-aminoacyl-tRNA will ultimately migrate to the 3' position via transesterification.

Associated Lotus transcripts 5

Transcript Name Description Predicted domains Domain count
PREDICTED: probable methionyl-tRNA synthetase-like [Glycine max] gi|356543424|ref|XP_003540160.1| 30
Methionine-tRNA ligase, putative; TAIR: AT4G13780.1 methionine-tRNA ligase, putative / methionyl-tRNA synthetase, putative / MetRS; Swiss-Prot: sp|Q9ZTS1|SYM_ORYSJ Probable methionine--tRNA ligase; TrEMBL-Plants: tr|A0A0B2SPF8|A0A0B2SPF8_GLYSO Putative methionine--tRNA ligase; Found in the gene: LotjaGi3g1v0538600 32
Methionine-tRNA ligase, putative; TAIR: AT4G13780.1 methionine-tRNA ligase, putative / methionyl-tRNA synthetase, putative / MetRS; Swiss-Prot: sp|Q9ZTS1|SYM_ORYSJ Probable methionine--tRNA ligase; TrEMBL-Plants: tr|A0A0R0H9H8|A0A0R0H9H8_SOYBN Uncharacterized protein; Found in the gene: LotjaGi3g1v0538600 24
Methionine-tRNA ligase, putative; TAIR: AT4G13780.1 methionine-tRNA ligase, putative / methionyl-tRNA synthetase, putative / MetRS; Swiss-Prot: sp|Q9ZTS1|SYM_ORYSJ Probable methionine--tRNA ligase; TrEMBL-Plants: tr|A0A0R0H0Q5|A0A0R0H0Q5_SOYBN Uncharacterized protein; Found in the gene: LotjaGi3g1v0538600 24
Methionine--tRNA ligase; TAIR: AT3G55400.1 methionyl-tRNA synthetase / methionine-tRNA ligase / MetRS (cpMetRS); Swiss-Prot: sp|Q9M2T9|SYMM_ARATH Methionine--tRNA ligase, chloroplastic/mitochondrial; TrEMBL-Plants: tr|A0A0S3SL75|A0A0S3SL75_PHAAN Uncharacterized protein; Found in the gene: LotjaGi5g1v0029200 27

Co-occuring domains 1

A list of co-occurring predicted domains within the L. japonicus gene space:

Predicted domain Source Observations Saturation (%)
cd07957 CDD 1 20.00