Protein
tRNA dimethylallyltransferase
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843)
Function
Catalyzes the transfer of a dimethylallyl group onto the adenine at position 37 of both cytosolic and mitochondrial tRNAs, leading to the formation of N6-(dimethylallyl)adenosine (i(6)A).
Similarity
Belongs to the IPP transferase family.
Sequence
MLKPLCVVIGTTGAGKSDLAVQLAKRFGSQVINADSMQIYRGFDTITNKITVEEQENVHHRLMSFLNFDKEYSVPEFERDASRVIDEIHSQGKIPIVVGGTHYYLQSLLFEDTTLSAIDKLTNDSSPSKPPHPDSHILDDDPSAMLSYLKKIDPVMAEQWHPRDTRKIRRSLEIYFHTGRPPSEIYSEQKMKSSGSKLRYKSLIFWAFADSLVLMPRLDKRVDKMLSHGLVDEIKSMKSLAESEKFSPDFTRGIWQCIGFKEFMPWFEAPSDIVFNDCLERMKVSTRQYAKSQKKWIQSRFLPMCLAQQDLSPSSILFSTTNTTDLNNWEEQVEKACRVFQYFFYNGDAIAPSADDQHAFEKARDYLSIMNGRQSQKKKFVCEECLDKRGDPFTVIGEDAFNVHIKSRKHKTTVRRKKERAERQIRLKNIGILK