Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q492V1 (SYFA_BLOPB)

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
    Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase alpha chain
    EC=6.1.1.20
Alternative name(s):
    Phenylalanine--tRNA ligase alpha chain
      Short name=PheRS

Gene names

Name:	pheS
Ordered Locus Names:	BPEN_366

Organism

Blochmannia pennsylvanicus (strain BPEN) [Complete proteome] [HAMAP]

Taxonomic identifier

291272 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Bacteria › Proteobacteria › Gammaproteobacteria › Enterobacteriales › Enterobacteriaceae › ant endosymbionts › Candidatus Blochmannia

Protein attributes

Sequence length	331 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Protein existence	Inferred from homology.

General annotation (Comments)

Catalytic activity	ATP + L-phenylalanine + tRNA(Phe) = AMP + diphosphate + L-phenylalanyl-tRNA(Phe). HAMAP MF_00281
Cofactor	Binds 2 magnesium ions per tetramer By similarity. HAMAP MF_00281
Subunit structure	Tetramer of two alpha and two beta chains By similarity. HAMAP MF_00281
Subcellular location	Cytoplasm HAMAP MF_00281.
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. Phe-tRNA synthetase alpha chain type 1 subfamily.

Ontologies

Keywords
Biological process	Protein biosynthesis
Cellular component	Cytoplasm
Ligand	ATP-binding Magnesium Metal-binding Nucleotide-binding
Molecular function	Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase Ligase
Technical term	Complete proteome
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	phenylalanyl-tRNA aminoacylation Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP
Cellular component	cytoplasm Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-SubCell
Molecular function	ATP binding Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP magnesium ion binding Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP phenylalanine-tRNA ligase activity Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP tRNA binding Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: InterPro
Complete GO annotation...

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier
Molecule processing
	Chain	1 – 331	331	Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase alpha chain HAMAP MF_00281		PRO_0000231966
Sites
	Metal binding	254	1	Magnesium By similarity

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	Q492V1-1 [UniParc]. Last modified September 13, 2005. Version 1. Checksum: 0B0AD09644B76BC1	FASTA	331	38,623
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MSLDPVKKLV ILAKSNIMQS NNMDALEAIR IKFLGKKGYL NQHIKNLNDT SLDIKPKLGA 70 80 90 100 110 120 AINQAKEDIY TLLIERKNIL QSKNIKNTLI TDTLDVTLPG RLSDIGTHHP ITSTIKRMKI 130 140 150 160 170 180 FFNTLGFSVI HGPEIEDDYF NFDALNIPKY HPSRDEHDTF WFDEKRLLRT HTSGVQIRAM 190 200 210 220 230 240 INKTPPIRII SFGRVYRKDY DQHHTPMFHQ MEGLIVDSNV NFSYLKKILY DFLYNFFETD 250 260 270 280 290 300 IILRFRPSYF PFTEPSAEID VMKKQETGNW LELLGCGMVH PKILHHVDID TEKFSGFAFG 310 320 330 IGIERLTMLQ YNIDDIRVFF KNDLQFLDQF K

References

[1]	"Genome sequence of Blochmannia pennsylvanicus indicates parallel evolutionary trends among bacterial mutualists of insects." Degnan P.H., Lazarus A.B., Wernegreen J.J. Genome Res. 15:1023-1033(2005) [PubMed: 16077009] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBL GenBank DDBJ	CP000016 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAZ40991.1.
RefSeq	YP_277866.1.
3D structure databases
SMR	Q492V1. Positions 85-331.
ModBase	Search...
Protein-protein interaction databases
STRING	Q492V1.
Genome annotation databases
GeneID	3563040.
GenomeReviews	Gene locus BPEN_366 in contig CP000016_GR.
KEGG	bpn:BPEN_366.
Organism-specific databases
CMR	Search...
Phylogenomic databases
eggNOG	COG0016.
HOGENOM	HBG284353.
OMA	FRASYFP.
Enzyme and pathway databases
BioCyc	CBLO291272:BPEN_366-MONOMER.
Family and domain databases
HAMAP	MF_00281. Phe_tRNA_synth_alpha1. [Tree]
InterPro	IPR006195. aa-tRNA-synth_II_cons-dom. IPR004529. Phe-tRNA-synth_IIc_asu. IPR004188. Phe-tRNA_synth_II_N. IPR002319. Phenylalanyl-tRNA_Synthase_acu. IPR010978. tRNA_bd_arm. [Graphical view]
PANTHER	PTHR11538. tRNA-synt_2d. 1 hit.
Pfam	PF02912. Phe_tRNA-synt_N. 1 hit. PF01409. tRNA-synt_2d. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
TIGRFAMs	TIGR00468. pheS. 1 hit.
PROSITE	PS50862. AA_TRNA_LIGASE_II. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
ProtoNet	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

SYFA_BLOPB

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: Q492V1

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	April 4, 2006
Last sequence update:	September 13, 2005
Last modified:	February 9, 2010
This is version 33 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation project

HAMAP (High-quality Automated and Manual Annotation of microbial Proteomes)