UniProt functional annotation for P34945

UniProt code: P34945.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Catalyzes the attachment of serine to tRNA(Ser). Is also probably able to aminoacylate tRNA(Sec) with serine, to form the misacylated tRNA L-seryl-tRNA(Sec), which will be further converted into selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec).
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-serine + tRNA(Ser) = AMP + diphosphate + H(+) + L- seryl-tRNA(Ser); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:12292, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9669, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9703, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:33384, ChEBI:CHEBI:78442, ChEBI:CHEBI:78533, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.1.1.11;
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-serine + tRNA(Sec) = AMP + diphosphate + H(+) + L- seryl-tRNA(Sec); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:42580, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9742, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:10128, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:33384, ChEBI:CHEBI:78442, ChEBI:CHEBI:78533, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.1.1.11;
Pathway: Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis; selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec) biosynthesis; L-seryl-tRNA(Sec) from L-serine and tRNA(Sec): step 1/1.
Subunit: Homodimer. A single tRNA molecule binds across the dimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8128220, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8230201, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8654381}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}.
Domain: Consists of two distinct domains, a catalytic core and a N- terminal extension that is involved in tRNA binding.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. Type-1 seryl-tRNA synthetase subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.