ID FMT_SHISS Reviewed; 315 AA. AC Q3YWX2; DT 15-JAN-2008, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 27-SEP-2005, sequence version 1. DT 27-MAR-2024, entry version 100. DE RecName: Full=Methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00182}; DE EC=2.1.2.9 {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00182}; GN Name=fmt {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00182}; GN OrderedLocusNames=SSON_3428; OS Shigella sonnei (strain Ss046). OC Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; OC Enterobacteriaceae; Shigella. OX NCBI_TaxID=300269; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=Ss046; RX PubMed=16275786; DOI=10.1093/nar/gki954; RA Yang F., Yang J., Zhang X., Chen L., Jiang Y., Yan Y., Tang X., Wang J., RA Xiong Z., Dong J., Xue Y., Zhu Y., Xu X., Sun L., Chen S., Nie H., Peng J., RA Xu J., Wang Y., Yuan Z., Wen Y., Yao Z., Shen Y., Qiang B., Hou Y., Yu J., RA Jin Q.; RT "Genome dynamics and diversity of Shigella species, the etiologic agents of RT bacillary dysentery."; RL Nucleic Acids Res. 33:6445-6458(2005). CC -!- FUNCTION: Attaches a formyl group to the free amino group of methionyl- CC tRNA(fMet). The formyl group appears to play a dual role in the CC initiator identity of N-formylmethionyl-tRNA by promoting its CC recognition by IF2 and preventing the misappropriation of this tRNA by CC the elongation apparatus. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00182}. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=(6R)-10-formyltetrahydrofolate + L-methionyl-tRNA(fMet) = CC (6S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + H(+) + N-formyl-L-methionyl- CC tRNA(fMet); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:24380, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9952, Rhea:RHEA- CC COMP:9953, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:57453, ChEBI:CHEBI:78530, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:78844, ChEBI:CHEBI:195366; EC=2.1.2.9; CC Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00182}; CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the Fmt family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- CC Rule:MF_00182}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; CP000038; AAZ89990.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR RefSeq; WP_000004476.1; NC_007384.1. DR AlphaFoldDB; Q3YWX2; -. DR SMR; Q3YWX2; -. DR KEGG; ssn:SSON_3428; -. DR HOGENOM; CLU_033347_1_2_6; -. DR Proteomes; UP000002529; Chromosome. DR GO; GO:0004479; F:methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule. DR CDD; cd08646; FMT_core_Met-tRNA-FMT_N; 1. DR CDD; cd08704; Met_tRNA_FMT_C; 1. DR Gene3D; 3.10.25.10; Formyl transferase, C-terminal domain; 1. DR Gene3D; 3.40.50.170; Formyl transferase, N-terminal domain; 1. DR HAMAP; MF_00182; Formyl_trans; 1. DR InterPro; IPR005794; Fmt. DR InterPro; IPR005793; Formyl_trans_C. DR InterPro; IPR037022; Formyl_trans_C_sf. DR InterPro; IPR002376; Formyl_transf_N. DR InterPro; IPR036477; Formyl_transf_N_sf. DR InterPro; IPR011034; Formyl_transferase-like_C_sf. DR InterPro; IPR001555; GART_AS. DR InterPro; IPR044135; Met-tRNA-FMT_C. DR InterPro; IPR041711; Met-tRNA-FMT_N. DR NCBIfam; TIGR00460; fmt; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR11138; METHIONYL-TRNA FORMYLTRANSFERASE; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR11138:SF5; METHIONYL-TRNA FORMYLTRANSFERASE, MITOCHONDRIAL; 1. DR Pfam; PF02911; Formyl_trans_C; 1. DR Pfam; PF00551; Formyl_trans_N; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF50486; FMT C-terminal domain-like; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF53328; Formyltransferase; 1. DR PROSITE; PS00373; GART; 1. PE 3: Inferred from homology; KW Protein biosynthesis; Reference proteome; Transferase. FT CHAIN 1..315 FT /note="Methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase" FT /id="PRO_1000020165" FT BINDING 113..116 FT /ligand="(6S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:57453" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00182" SQ SEQUENCE 315 AA; 34099 MW; DE999812963CA076 CRC64; MSESLRIIFA GTPDFAARHL DALLSSGHNV VGVFTQPDRP AGRGKKLMPS PVKVLAEEKG LPVFQPVSLR PQESQQLVAD LQADVMVVVA YGLILPKAVL EMPRLGCINV HGSLLPRWRG AAPIQRSLWA GDAETGVTIM QMDVGLDTGD MLYKLSCPIT AEDTSGTLYD KLAELGPQGL ITTLKQLADG TAKPEVQDET LVTYAEKLSK EEARIDWSLS AAQLERCIRA FNPWPMSWLE IEGQPVKVWK ASVIDTATNA APGTILEANK QGIQVATGDG ILNLLSLQPA GKKAMSAQDL LNSRREWFVP GNRLA //