| UniProt functional annotation for Q5SGX2 | |||
| UniProt code: Q5SGX2. |
| Organism: | Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC 27634 / DSM 579 / HB8). | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=ATP + L-phenylalanine + tRNA(Phe) = AMP + diphosphate + H(+) + L-phenylalanyl-tRNA(Phe); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:19413, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9668, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9699, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:58095, ChEBI:CHEBI:78442, ChEBI:CHEBI:78531, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.1.1.20; | |
| Cofactor: | Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Note=Binds 2 magnesium ions per tetramer.; | |
| Subunit: | Tetramer of two alpha and two beta subunits. | |
| Subcellular location: | Cytoplasm. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. Phe-tRNA synthetase alpha subunit type 1 subfamily. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.