UniProt functional annotation for Q58933

UniProt code: Q58933.

Organism: Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (strain ATCC 43067 / DSM 2661 / JAL-1 / JCM 10045 / NBRC 100440) (Methanococcus jannaschii).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Methanomada group; Methanococci; Methanococcales; Methanocaldococcaceae; Methanocaldococcus.
 
Function: Specifically phosphorylates seryl-tRNA(Sec) to O- phosphoseryl-tRNA(Sec), an activated intermediate for selenocysteine biosynthesis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16201757}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-seryl-tRNA(Sec) = ADP + O-phospho-L-seryl-tRNA(Sec); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:25037, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9742, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9947, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:78533, ChEBI:CHEBI:78551, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=2.7.1.164;
Pathway: Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis; selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec) biosynthesis; selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec) from L-seryl-tRNA(Sec) (archaeal/eukaryal route): step 1/2.
Similarity: Belongs to the L-seryl-tRNA(Sec) kinase family. {ECO:0000305}.
Sequence caution: Sequence=AAB99557.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Evidence={ECO:0000305};

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.