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aspS [Mon May 16 2016 16:12:50 GMT+0200 (CEST)]

aspartyl-tRNA synthetase
locus
BSU27550
pI
4.00
mw
65.00 kDa
function
translation
product
aspartyl-tRNA synthetase
essential
yes
ec
6.1.1.12
synonyms

Genomic Context

      

categories

  • [category|SW 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.3|Protein synthesis, modification and degradation] → [category|SW 3.3.1|Translation] → [category|SW 3.3.1.10|Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases]
  • [category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.1|Essential genes]
  • [category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.4|Phosphoproteins] → [category|SW 6.4.8|Phosphorylation on either a Ser, Thr or Tyr residue]
  • [SW|Categories] containing this gene/protein

  • [SW|translation], [SW|essential genes], [SW|phosphoproteins], [SW|most abundant proteins]
  • This gene is a member of the following [SW|regulons]

  • [SW|T-box]
  • Gene

    Coordinates on the chromosome (coding sequence)
    2,814,743 -> 2,816,521

    Phenotypes of a mutant

  • essential [Pubmed|12682299]
  • The protein

    Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity

  • ATP L-aspartate tRNA(Asp) = AMP diphosphate L-aspartyl-tRNA(Asp) (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family

  • class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Modification

  • phosphorylated on ser/ thr/ tyr [Pubmed|16493705]
  • Structure

  • [PDB|1EQR] (from ''Escherichia coli'', 52% identity, 68% similarity) [Pubmed|10873442]
  • Expression and Regulation

    Operon

  • ''[protein|search|hisS]-[protein|search|aspS]
  • Regulation

  • induced by histidine or aspartate limitation ([protein|search|T-box]) [Pubmed|19258532]
  • Regulatory mechanism

  • [protein|search|T-box]: [SW|RNA switch], transcriptional antitermination [Pubmed|19258532]
  • Additional information

  • belongs to the 100 [[most abundant proteins]] [PubMed|15378759]
  • References

  • 19258532,15378759,16493705,26804570