ID TRPA_PHOPR Reviewed; 269 AA. AC Q6LPA3; DT 16-AUG-2005, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 05-JUL-2004, sequence version 1. DT 27-MAR-2024, entry version 99. DE RecName: Full=Tryptophan synthase alpha chain {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00131}; DE EC=4.2.1.20 {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00131}; GN Name=trpA {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00131}; GN OrderedLocusNames=PBPRA2491; OS Photobacterium profundum (strain SS9). OC Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Vibrionales; Vibrionaceae; OC Photobacterium. OX NCBI_TaxID=298386; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=ATCC BAA-1253 / SS9; RX PubMed=15746425; DOI=10.1126/science.1103341; RA Vezzi A., Campanaro S., D'Angelo M., Simonato F., Vitulo N., Lauro F.M., RA Cestaro A., Malacrida G., Simionati B., Cannata N., Romualdi C., RA Bartlett D.H., Valle G.; RT "Life at depth: Photobacterium profundum genome sequence and expression RT analysis."; RL Science 307:1459-1461(2005). CC -!- FUNCTION: The alpha subunit is responsible for the aldol cleavage of CC indoleglycerol phosphate to indole and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. CC {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00131}. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=(1S,2R)-1-C-(indol-3-yl)glycerol 3-phosphate + L-serine = D- CC glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate + H2O + L-tryptophan; CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:10532, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:33384, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:57912, ChEBI:CHEBI:58866, ChEBI:CHEBI:59776; EC=4.2.1.20; CC Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00131}; CC -!- PATHWAY: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-tryptophan biosynthesis; L- CC tryptophan from chorismate: step 5/5. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- CC Rule:MF_00131}. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Tetramer of two alpha and two beta chains. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- CC Rule:MF_00131}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the TrpA family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- CC Rule:MF_00131}. 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; CR378671; CAG20873.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR RefSeq; WP_011219156.1; NC_006370.1. DR AlphaFoldDB; Q6LPA3; -. DR SMR; Q6LPA3; -. DR STRING; 298386.PBPRA2491; -. DR KEGG; ppr:PBPRA2491; -. DR eggNOG; COG0159; Bacteria. DR HOGENOM; CLU_016734_0_4_6; -. DR UniPathway; UPA00035; UER00044. DR Proteomes; UP000000593; Chromosome 1. DR GO; GO:0004834; F:tryptophan synthase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule. DR CDD; cd04724; Tryptophan_synthase_alpha; 1. DR Gene3D; 3.20.20.70; Aldolase class I; 1. DR HAMAP; MF_00131; Trp_synth_alpha; 1. DR InterPro; IPR013785; Aldolase_TIM. DR InterPro; IPR011060; RibuloseP-bd_barrel. DR InterPro; IPR018204; Trp_synthase_alpha_AS. DR InterPro; IPR002028; Trp_synthase_suA. DR NCBIfam; TIGR00262; trpA; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR43406:SF1; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE ALPHA CHAIN, CHLOROPLASTIC; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR43406; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE, ALPHA CHAIN; 1. DR Pfam; PF00290; Trp_syntA; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF51366; Ribulose-phoshate binding barrel; 1. DR PROSITE; PS00167; TRP_SYNTHASE_ALPHA; 1. PE 3: Inferred from homology; KW Amino-acid biosynthesis; Aromatic amino acid biosynthesis; Lyase; KW Reference proteome; Tryptophan biosynthesis. FT CHAIN 1..269 FT /note="Tryptophan synthase alpha chain" FT /id="PRO_0000098821" FT ACT_SITE 49 FT /note="Proton acceptor" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00131" FT ACT_SITE 60 FT /note="Proton acceptor" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00131" SQ SEQUENCE 269 AA; 28551 MW; FE0B0F1EB6BF3DF8 CRC64; MDRYQELFNR LAAKNEGAFV PFVTIGDPTP EQSMKIIDTL VASGADALEL GIPFSDPLAD GPTIQAATIR ALESGTTPIV CFELLTQIRA KYPDMPIGLL MYANLVFTAG IETFYKKCAD AGVDSVLIAD VPIKESEEFR VAAEKYGIHP IFIAPPNATD ETLKSVSELG GGYTYLLSRA GVTGAETKAG KPIRHLVESL TKHNAPPALL GFGISEPAQV KEAIEAGAAG AISGSAVVKI IENNLSDHTA MLDNLGQFIR DMKAASKLS //