Biology:Serine—tRNA ligase

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Serine—tRNA ligase
Identifiers
EC number6.1.1.11
CAS number9023-48-7
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene OntologyAmiGO / QuickGO

In enzymology, a serine—tRNA ligase (EC 6.1.1.11) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

ATP + L-serine + tRNASer [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] AMP + diphosphate + L-seryl-tRNASer

The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ATP, L-serine, and tRNA(Ser), whereas its 3 products are AMP, diphosphate, and L-seryl-tRNA(Ser).

This enzyme belongs to the family of ligases, to be specific those forming carbon-oxygen bonds in aminoacyl-tRNA and related compounds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is L-serine:tRNASer ligase (AMP-forming). Other names in common use include seryl-tRNA synthetase, SerRS, seryl-transfer ribonucleate synthetase, seryl-transfer RNA synthetase, seryl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase, and serine translase. This enzyme participates in glycine, serine and threonine metabolism and aminoacyl-trna biosynthesis.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, 13 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1SER, 1SES, 1SET, 1SRY, 1WLE, 2CIM, 2CJ9, 2CJA, 2CJB, 2DQ0, 2DQ1, 2DQ2, and 2DQ3.

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