UniProt functional annotation for Q9RHV9

UniProt code: Q9RHV9.

Organism: Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Bacillus stearothermophilus).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Geobacillus.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-lysine + tRNA(Lys) = AMP + diphosphate + L-lysyl- tRNA(Lys); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:20792, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9696, Rhea:RHEA- COMP:9697, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:32551, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:78442, ChEBI:CHEBI:78529, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.1.1.6;
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; Note=Binds 3 Mg(2+) ions per subunit. {ECO:0000250};
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000250}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.