UniProt functional annotation for P27000

UniProt code: P27000.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC 27634 / DSM 579 / HB8).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Catalyzes the attachment of glutamate to tRNA(Glu) in a two- step reaction: glutamate is first activated by ATP to form Glu-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of tRNA(Glu). {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00022, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11224561, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17161369}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-glutamate + tRNA(Glu) = AMP + diphosphate + L- glutamyl-tRNA(Glu); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:23540, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9663, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9680, ChEBI:CHEBI:29985, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:78442, ChEBI:CHEBI:78520, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.1.1.17; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00022};
Activity regulation: In the absence of bound tRNA, ATP is bound in a non-productive mode, and the enzyme cannot activate amino acids. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17161369}.
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=4.7 uM for tRNA-Glu {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11224561};
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00022, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11224561}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00022}.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. Glutamate--tRNA ligase type 1 subfamily. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00022}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.