UniProt functional annotation for P08312

UniProt code: P08312.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-phenylalanine + tRNA(Phe) = AMP + diphosphate + H(+) + L-phenylalanyl-tRNA(Phe); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:19413, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9668, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9699, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:58095, ChEBI:CHEBI:78442, ChEBI:CHEBI:78531, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.1.1.20;
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; Note=Binds 2 magnesium ions per tetramer. {ECO:0000250};
Subunit: Tetramer of two alpha and two beta subunits.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. Phe-tRNA synthetase alpha subunit type 1 subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.
Sequence caution: Sequence=CAA23564.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Evidence={ECO:0000305};

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.