Protein
Phenylalanine--tRNA ligase, mitochondrial
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
Function
Is responsible for the charging of tRNA(Phe) with phenylalanine in mitochondrial translation. To a lesser extent, also catalyzes direct attachment of m-Tyr (an oxidized version of Phe) to tRNA(Phe), thereby opening the way for delivery of the misacylated tRNA to the ribosome and incorporation of ROS-damaged amino acid into proteins.
Similarity
Belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family.
Sequence
MVCLAFIRAAHEHLYLVRKVSHVCRCHQHRAWGSRPAASQFAVQGAPGRVLELLGKSYPQDDHTNLTQKVLSKVGRNLHNQKFHPLWLIKERVKEHFYQQYMGRSRTPLFSVYDQLSPVVTTWQNFDSLLIPADHPSRKKGDNYYLNRGHMLRAHTSAHQWDLLHAGLNAFLVVGDVYRRDQIDSQHYPVFHQLEGVRLFSKHELFAGVKDGESLQLFEESSRSAHKQETHTMEAVKLVEFDLKQVLTRLVTHLFGDGLEVRWVDCYFPFTHPSFEMEINFRGEWLEVLGCGVMEQQLVNSAGAQDRIGWAFGLGLERLAMVLYDIPDIRLFWSEDERFLKQFRLSDINQSVKFQRWFFQEERATGIQRKMGRQLCPFSKYPAVFNDISFWLPSENYTENDFYDIVRTVGGDLVEKVDLIDKFEHPKTHRTSHCYRITYRHMERTLSQREVSSVHQAVQEAAVQLLGVEGRF