yaaJ
168
tRNA specific adenosine deaminase
Locus
BSU_00180
Molecular weight
17.61 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.64
Function
tRNA modification
Product
tRNA specific adenosine deaminase
Essential
no
Synonyms
yaaJ, tadA
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0590 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
25,852 26,337
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
Catalyzes the deamination of adenosine to inosine at the wobble position 34 of tRNA(Arg2) (according to UniProt)
adenosine34 in tRNA + H+ + H2O --> inosine34 in tRNA + NH4+ (according to UniProt)
Protein family
Cytidine and deoxycytidylate deaminase family (according to UniProt)
CMP/dCMP-type deaminase domain (aa 2-120) (according to UniProt)
Structure
2B3J (PDB) (the protein of Staphylococcus aureus, complex with RNA, 61.7% identity) PubMed
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B891 (yaaJ::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
References
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