Organism
Thermotoga maritima (strain ATCC 43589 / MSB8 / DSM 3109 / JCM 10099)
Function
GTPase that plays an essential role in the late steps of ribosome biogenesis (By similarity). Has GTPase activity but no ATPase activity. GTP, GDP, and dGTP but not GMP, ATP, CTP, and UTP compete for GTP binding.
Similarity
Belongs to the TRAFAC class TrmE-Era-EngA-EngB-Septin-like GTPase superfamily. EngA (Der) GTPase family.
Sequence
MATVLIVGRPNVGKSTLFNKLVKKKKAIVEDEEGVTRDPVQDTVEWYGKTFKLVDTCGVFDNPQDIISQKMKEVTLNMIREADLVLFVVDGKRGITKEDESLADFLRKSTVDTILVANKAENLREFEREVKPELYSLGFGEPIPVSAEHNINLDTLLETIIKKLEEKGLDLESKPEITDAIKVAIVGRPNVGKSTLFNAILNKERALVSPIPGTTRDPVDDEVFIDGRKYVFVDTAGLRRKSRVEPRTVEKYSNYRVVDSIEKADVVVIVLDATQGITRQDQRIAGLVERRGRASVVVFNKWDLVEHREKRYDEFTKLFREKLYFIDYSPLIFTSADKGWNIDRVIDAINLAYASYTTKVPSSAINSALQKVLAFTNLPRGLKIFFGLQVDIKPPTFLFFVNSIEKVKNPQKIFLRKLIRDYVFPFEGSPIFLKFKRSR