274  structures 1273  species 12  interactions 23708  sequences 171  architectures

Clan: tRNA_synt_I (CL0038)

Summary

Class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, catalytic domain Add an annotation

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are key components of the protein translation machinery that catalyse two basic reactions. First, the activation of amino acids via the formation of aminoacyl adenylates and second, linking the activated amino acid to the cognate tRNAs. The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases generate AMP as the second end product of this reaction, which differentiates them from the majority of ATP-dependent enzymes that produce ADP. In addition, there is a specific aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for each of the 20 amino acids and there are two structurally distinct classes of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, each encompassing 10 different specificities. The two classes have alternative modes of aminoacylation: class I aminoacylate the 2'OH of the cognate tRNA; class II aminoacylate 3'OH (with the exception of PheRS). Each class contain a conserved core domain that is involved in ATP binding and hydrolysis and combines with additional domains that determine the specificity of interactions with the cognate amino acid and tRNA. The core domain of class I contains a parallel beta-sheet. The class I core domain contains 2 conserved motifs, HIGH and KMSKS,which are directly involved in ATP binding [1] (and reference therein).

This clan contains 7 families and the total number of domains in the clan is 23708.

Literature references

  1. Wolf YI, Aravind L, Grishin NV, Koonin EV; , Genome Res 1999;9:689-710.: Evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases--analysis of unique domain architectures and phylogenetic trees reveals a complex history of horizontal gene transfer events. 10447505

Members

This clan contains the following 7 member families:

tRNA-synt_1 tRNA-synt_1b tRNA-synt_1c tRNA-synt_1d tRNA-synt_1e tRNA-synt_1f tRNA-synt_1g

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Domain organisation

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Alignments

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Pfam family Num. domains Alignment
tRNA-synt_1 (PF00133) 8073 (34.1%) View
tRNA-synt_1b (PF00579) 4426 (18.7%) View
tRNA-synt_1c (PF00749) 3870 (16.3%) View
tRNA-synt_1g (PF09334) 2825 (11.9%) View
tRNA-synt_1e (PF01406) 2150 (9.1%) View
tRNA-synt_1d (PF00750) 2047 (8.6%) View
tRNA-synt_1f (PF01921) 317 (1.3%) View
Total: 7 Total: 23708 Clan alignment
 

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Family relationships

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Species distribution

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Interactions

There are 12 interactions for this clan. More...

Interacting families
A B
tRNA-synt_1g tRNA-synt_1
tRNA-synt_1g
tRNA-synt_1d Arg_tRNA_synt_N
DALR_1
tRNA-synt_1 Anticodon_1
tRNA-synt_1g
tRNA-synt_1c tRNA-synt_1c_C
tRNA-synt_1b WHEP-TRS
tRNA-synt_1b
S4
tRNA-synt_1e tRNA-synt_1e
DALR_2

Structures

For those sequences which have a structure in the Protein DataBank, we use the mapping between UniProt, PDB and Pfam coordinate systems from the MSD group, to allow us to map Pfam domains onto UniProt three-dimensional structures. The table below shows the mapping between the Pfam families in this clan, the corresponding UniProt entries, and the region of the three-dimensional structures that are available for that sequence.

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