aspS
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aspartyl-tRNA synthetase
Locus
BSU_27550
Molecular weight
65.80 kDa
Isoelectric point
4.65
Function
translation
Product
aspartyl-tRNA synthetase
Essential
yes
E.C.
6.1.1.12
Synonyms
aspS
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0173 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
ATP + L-aspartate + tRNAAsx --> AMP + diphosphate + L-aspartyl-tRNAAsx (according to UniProt)
Protein family
Class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family (according to UniProt)
Structure
1EQR (PDB) (from Escherichia coli, 52% identity, 68% similarity) PubMed
Modification
phosphorylated on ser/ thr/ tyr PubMed
Additional information
belongs to the 100 most abundant proteins PubMed
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Regulation
Regulatory mechanism
T-box: RNA switch, via tRNA controlled RNA switch, in T-box
References
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