UniProt functional annotation for Q72GM3

UniProt code: Q72GM3.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-163 / DSM 7039 / HB27).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-leucine + tRNA(Leu) = AMP + diphosphate + L-leucyl- tRNA(Leu); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:11688, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9613, Rhea:RHEA- COMP:9622, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:57427, ChEBI:CHEBI:78442, ChEBI:CHEBI:78494, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.1.1.4; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001372, ECO:0000256|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00049};
Cofactor: Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001947};
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00049}.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00005594, ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00049, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU363035}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.