- Tyrosine-tRNA ligase
In
enzymology , a tyrosine-tRNA ligase (EC number|6.1.1.1) is anenzyme that catalyzes thechemical reaction :ATP + L-tyrosine + RNA ightleftharpoons AMP + triphosphate + L-tyrosyl-tRNATyr
The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ATP,
L-tyrosine , andRNA , whereas its 3 products are AMP,triphosphate , andL-tyrosyl-tRNA(Tyr) .This enzyme belongs to the family of
ligase s, specifically those forming carbon-oxygen bonds in aminoacyl-tRNA and related compounds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is L-tyrosine:tRNATyr ligase (AMP-forming). This enzyme participates inphenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis andaminoacyl-trna biosynthesis .tructural studies
As of late 2007, 34 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|1H3E, PDB link|1J1U, PDB link|1JH3, PDB link|1JII, PDB link|1JIJ, PDB link|1JIK, PDB link|1JIL, PDB link|1N3L, PDB link|1NTG, PDB link|1Q11, PDB link|1TYA, PDB link|1TYB, PDB link|1TYC, PDB link|1TYD, PDB link|1U7D, PDB link|1U7X, PDB link|1VBM, PDB link|1VBN, PDB link|1WQ3, PDB link|1WQ4, PDB link|1X8X, PDB link|1Y42, PDB link|1ZH0, PDB link|1ZH6, PDB link|2AG6, PDB link|2CYA, PDB link|2CYB, PDB link|2CYC, PDB link|2DLC, PDB link|2HGZ, PDB link|2J5B, PDB link|2TS1, PDB link|3TS1, and PDB link|4TS1.
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CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|9023-45-4."Gene Ontology (GO) codes
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