Protein
Methionine--tRNA ligase, cytoplasmic
Organism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Function
Catalyzes the attachment of methionine to tRNA(Met) in a two-step reaction: methionine is first activated by ATP to form Met-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of tRNA(Met).
Similarity
Belongs to the class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family.
Sequence
MSFLISFDKSKKHPAHLQLANNLKIALALEYASKNLKPEVDNDNAAMELRNTKEPFLLFDANAILRYVMDDFEGQTSDKYQFALASLQNLLYHKELPQQHVEVLTNKAIENYLVELKEPLTTTDLILFANVYALNSSLVHSKFPELPSKVHNAVALAKKHVPRDSSSFKNIGAVKIQADLTVKPKDSEILPKPNERNILITSALPYVNNVPHLGNIIGSVLSADIFARYCKGRNYNALFICGTDEYGTATETKALEEGVTPRQLCDKYHKIHSDVYKWFQIGFDYFGRTTTDKQTEIAQHIFTKLNSNGYLEEQSMKQLYCPVHNSYLADRYVEGECPKCHYDDARGDQCDKCGALLDPFELINPRCKLDDASPEPKYSDHIFLSLDKLESQISEWVEKASEEGNWSKNSKTITQSWLKDGLKPRCITRDLVWGTPVPLEKYKDKVLYVWFDATIGYVSITSNYTKEWKQWWNNPEHVSLYQFMGKDNVPFHTVVFPGSQLGTEENWTMLHHLNTTEYLQYENGKFSKSRGVGVFGNNAQDSGISPSVWRYYLASVRPESSDSHFSWDDFVARNNSELLANLGNFVNRLIKFVNAKYNGVVPKFDPKKVSNYDGLVKDINEILSNYVKEMELGHERRGLEIAMSLSARGNQFLQENKLDNTLFSQSPEKSDAVVAVGLNIIYAVSSIITPYMPEIGEKINKMLNAPALKIDDRFHLAILEGHNINKAEYLFQRIDEKKIDEWRAKYGGQQV