UniProt functional annotation for O67728

UniProt code: O67728.

Organism: Aquifex aeolicus (strain VF5).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Aquificae; Aquificales; Aquificaceae; Aquifex.
 
Function: Ligates lysine onto the cytidine present at position 34 of the AUA codon-specific tRNA(Ile) that contains the anticodon CAU, in an ATP-dependent manner. Cytidine is converted to lysidine, thus changing the amino acid specificity of the tRNA from methionine to isoleucine. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01161}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + cytidine(34) in tRNA(Ile2) + L-lysine = AMP + diphosphate + H(+) + lysidine(34) in tRNA(Ile2); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:43744, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:10625, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:10670, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:32551, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:82748, ChEBI:CHEBI:83665, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.3.4.19; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01161};
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01161}.
Domain: The N-terminal region contains the highly conserved SGGXDS motif, predicted to be a P-loop motif involved in ATP binding.
Similarity: Belongs to the tRNA(Ile)-lysidine synthase family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01161}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.