UniProt functional annotation for Q2YQ76

UniProt code: Q2YQ76.

Organism: Brucella abortus (strain 2308).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Brucellaceae; Brucella.
 
Function: Is required not only for elongation of protein synthesis but also for the initiation of all mRNA translation through initiator tRNA(fMet) aminoacylation. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00003314, ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01228}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-methionine + tRNA(Met) = AMP + diphosphate + L- methionyl-tRNA(Met); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:13481, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9667, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9698, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:57844, ChEBI:CHEBI:78442, ChEBI:CHEBI:78530, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.1.1.10; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001234, ECO:0000256|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01228};
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01228}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01228}.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU363039}.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. MetG type 2B subfamily. {ECO:0000256|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01228}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.