UniProt functional annotation for O58307

UniProt code: O58307.

Organism: Pyrococcus horikoshii (strain ATCC 700860 / DSM 12428 / JCM 9974 / NBRC 100139 / OT-3).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus.
 
Function: Functions in trans to edit the amino acid moiety from mischarged charged Ser-tRNA(Ala). Has little activity against Gly- tRNA(Ala).
 
Cofactor: Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:16087889, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16374837}; Note=Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit; the homodimer seems not to bind zinc. The zinc is probably not catalytic (PubMed:16087889). Another report suggests the zinc is catalytic (PubMed:16374837). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16087889, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16374837};
Subunit: Monomer and homodimer; the dimer is less active in tRNA editing and does not have a zinc ion associated with it (PubMed:16087889). Another report shows only a monomeric form (PubMed:16374837). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16087889, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16374837}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000305}.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. Editing domain AlaX-S subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.