Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot A7X160 (SYFA_STAA1)

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(s)=PheRS

Gene names

Name:	pheS
Ordered Locus Names:	SAHV_1129

Organism

Staphylococcus aureus (strain Mu3 / ATCC 700698) [Complete proteome] [HAMAP]

Taxonomic identifier

418127 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Bacteria › Firmicutes › Bacillales › Staphylococcus

Protein attributes

Sequence length	352 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is not processed.
Protein existence	Inferred from homology.

General annotation (Comments)

Catalytic activity	ATP + L-phenylalanine + tRNA(Phe) = AMP + diphosphate + L-phenylalanyl-tRNA(Phe).
Cofactor	Binds 2 magnesium ions per tetramer By similarity.
Subunit structure	Tetramer of two alpha and two beta chains By similarity.
Subcellular location	Cytoplasm.
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: HAMAP
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
Complete GO annotation...

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view
Molecule processing
	Chain	1 – 352	352	Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase alpha chain
Sites
	Metal binding	258	1	Magnesium By similarity

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	A7X160-1 [UniParc]. Last modified October 23, 2007. Version 1. Checksum: 01FD437729B8FDF7	FASTA	352	40,121
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MSEQQTMSEL KQQALVDINE ANDERALQEV KVKYLGKKGS VSGLMKLMKD LPNEEKPAFG 70 80 90 100 110 120 QKVNELRQTI QNELDERQQM LVKEKLNKQL AEETIDVSLP GRHIEIGSKH PLTRTIEEIE 130 140 150 160 170 180 DLFLGLGYEI VNGYEVEQDH YNFEMLNLPK SHPARDMQDS FYITDEILLR THTSPVQART 190 200 210 220 230 240 MESRHGQGPV KIICPGKVYR RDSDDATHSH QFTQIEGLVV DKNVKMSDLK GTLELLAKKL 250 260 270 280 290 300 FGADREIRLR PSYFPFTEPS VEVDVSCFKC KGKGCNVCKH TGWIEILGAG MVHPNVLEMA 310 320 330 340 350 GFDSSEYSGF AFGMGPDRIA MLKYGIEDIR HFYTNDVRFL DQFKAVEDRG DM

References

[1]

"Mutated response regulator graR is responsible for phenotypic conversion of Staphylococcus aureus from heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate resistance to vancomycin-intermediate resistance." Neoh H.-M., Cui L., Yuzawa H., Takeuchi F., Matsuo M., Hiramatsu K. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 52:45-53(2008) [PubMed: 17954695] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBLGenBankDDBJ	AP009324 Genomic DNA. Translation: BAF78012.1.
RefSeq	YP_001441719.1.
3D structure databases
ModBase	Search...
Genome annotation databases
GeneID	5560702.
GenomeReviews	Gene locus SAHV_1129 in contig AP009324_GR.
KEGG	saw:SAHV_1129.
Organism-specific databases
CMR	Search...
Family and domain databases
HAMAP	MF_00281. [Tree]
InterPro	IPR006195. aa-tRNA-synth_II. IPR002319. Phe-tRNA-synth_IIc. IPR004529. Phe-tRNA-synth_IIc_asu. IPR004188. Phe-tRNA_synth_II_N. [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]
ProDom	A7X160. [Graphical view] [Entries sharing at least one domain]
BLOCKS	Search...
Other Resources
BindingDB	A7X160.
ProtoNet	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

SYFA_STAA1

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: A7X160

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	January 15, 2008
Last sequence update:	October 23, 2007
Last modified:	July 22, 2008
This is version 10 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)