DB code: D00294

CATH domain 2.40.50.140 : OB fold (Dihydrolipoamide Acetyltransferase, E2P)
3.30.930.10 : BirA Bifunctional Protein; domain 2 Catalytic domain
E.C. 6.1.1.12
CSA 1asy
M-CSA 1asy
MACiE

CATH domain Related DB codes (homologues)
2.40.50.140 : OB fold (Dihydrolipoamide Acetyltransferase, E2P) M00220 M00186 T00050 D00291 T00254
3.30.930.10 : BirA Bifunctional Protein; domain 2 S00413 D00291 D00293 D00295 M00049 T00113

Uniprot Enzyme Name
UniprotKB Protein name Synonyms RefSeq Pfam
P04802 Aspartyl-tRNA synthetase, cytoplasmic
EC 6.1.1.12
Aspartate--tRNA ligase
AspRS
NP_013083.1 (Protein)
NM_001181838.1 (DNA/RNA sequence)
PF00152 (tRNA-synt_2)
PF01336 (tRNA_anti)
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Q52428 Aspartyl-tRNA synthetase
EC 6.1.1.12
Aspartate--tRNA ligase
AspRS
YP_182905.1 (Protein)
NC_006624.1 (DNA/RNA sequence)
PF00152 (tRNA-synt_2)
PF01336 (tRNA_anti)
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KEGG enzyme name
aspartate---tRNA ligase
aspartyl-tRNA synthetase
aspartyl ribonucleic synthetase
aspartyl-transfer RNA synthetase
aspartic acid translase
aspartyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase
aspartyl ribonucleate synthetase

UniprotKB: Accession Number Entry name Activity Subunit Subcellular location Cofactor
P04802 SYDC_YEAST ATP + L-aspartate + tRNA(Asp) = AMP + diphosphate + L-aspartyl-tRNA(Asp). Homodimer. Cytoplasm.
Q52428 SYD_PYRKO ATP + L-aspartate + tRNA(Asp) = AMP + diphosphate + L-aspartyl-tRNA(Asp). Homodimer. Cytoplasm. Binds 3 magnesium ions per subunit. The first one is coordinated by ATP and H(2)O.

KEGG Pathways
Map code Pathways E.C.
MAP00252 Alanine and aspartate metabolism
MAP00970 Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis

Compound table
Cofactors Substrates Products Intermediates
KEGG-id C00305 C00002 C00049 C01637 C01638 C00020 C00013 C06113 C02984
E.C.
Compound Magnesium ATP L-Aspartate tRNA(Asn) tRNA(Asp) AMP Pyrophosphate L-Aspartyl-tRNA(Asn) L-Aspartyl-tRNA(Asp) Aspartyl-adenylate
Type divalent metal (Ca2+, Mg2+) amine group,nucleotide amino acids,carboxyl group nucleic acids nucleic acids amine group,nucleotide phosphate group/phosphate ion amino acids,carboxyl group,nucleic acids amino acids,carboxyl group,nucleic acids
ChEBI 18420
18420
15422
15422
17053
17053
16027
16027
29888
29888
PubChem 888
888
5957
5957
44367445
5960
44367445
5960
6083
6083
1023
21961011
1023
21961011
1asyA01 Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1asyB01 Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1aszA01 Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1aszB01 Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1eovA01 Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1b8aA01 Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1b8aB01 Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1asyA02 Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Bound:__A_676 (chain R) Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1asyB02 Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Bound:__A_676 (chain S) Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1aszA02 Unbound Bound:ATP Unbound Unbound Bound:__A_676 (chain R) Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1aszB02 Unbound Bound:ATP Unbound Unbound Bound:__A_676 (chain S) Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1eovA02 Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1b8aA02 Analogue:3x_MN Bound:ATP Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound
1b8aB02 Analogue:3x_MN Bound:ATP Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound Unbound

Reference for Active-site residues
resource references E.C.
Swiss-prot;P04802, Q52428 & literature [14]

Active-site residues
PDB Catalytic residues Cofactor-binding residues Modified residues Main-chain involved in catalysis Comment
1asyA01
1asyB01
1aszA01
1aszB01
1eovA01
1b8aA01
1b8aB01
1asyA02 ARG 325;ASP 342;ARG 531 GLU 478;SER 481(Magnesium binding)
1asyB02 ARG 325;ASP 342;ARG 531 GLU 478;SER 481(Magnesium binding)
1aszA02 ARG 325;ASP 342;ARG 531 GLU 478;SER 481(Magnesium binding)
1aszB02 ARG 325;ASP 342;ARG 531 GLU 478;SER 481(Magnesium binding)
1eovA02 ARG 325;ASP 342;ARG 531 GLU 478;SER 481(Magnesium binding)
1b8aA02 ARG 214;ASP 231;ARG 412 GLU 361;SER 364(Magnesium binding)
1b8aB02 ARG 1214;ASP 1231;ARG 1412 GLU 1361;SER 1364(Magnesium binding)

References for Catalytic Mechanism
References Sections No. of steps in catalysis
[11]
p.1121
[14]
Fig.5, p.335-336
[18]
p.5234-5235

References
[1]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 6997491
Journal J Mol Biol
Year 1980
Volume 138
Pages 129-35
Authors Dietrich A, Giege R, Comarmond MB, Thierry JC, Moras D
Title Crystallographic studies on the aspartyl-tRNA synthetase-tRNAAsp system from yeast. The crystalline aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase.
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Related UniProtKB
[2]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 7049254
Journal Biochimie
Year 1982
Volume 64
Pages 357-62
Authors Giege R, Lorber B, Ebel JP, Moras D, Thierry JC, Jacrot B, Zaccai G
Title Formation of a catalytically active complex between tRNAAsp and aspartyl-tRNA synthetase from yeast in high concentrations of ammonium sulphate.
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[3]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 6345542
Journal J Biol Chem
Year 1983
Volume 258
Pages 8429-35
Authors Lorber B, Giege R, Ebel JP, Berthet C, Thierry JC, Moras D
Title Crystallization of a tRNA . aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complex. Characterization and first crystallographic data.
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[4]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 3078234
Journal J Biomol Struct Dyn
Year 1987
Volume 5
Pages 187-98
Authors Podjarny A, Rees B, Thierry JC, Cavarelli J, Jesior JC, Roth M, Lewitt-Bentley A, Kahn R, Lorber B, Ebel JP, et al
Title Yeast tRNA(Asp)-aspartyl-tRNA synthetase complex: low resolution crystal structure.
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Related UniProtKB
[5]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 3134944
Journal Biochimie
Year 1988
Volume 70
Pages 205-13
Authors Theobald A, Kern D, Giege R
Title Non-essential role of lysine residues for the catalytic activities of aspartyl-tRNA synthetase and comparison with other aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.
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[6]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 3286258
Journal Eur J Biochem
Year 1988
Volume 174
Pages 155-61
Authors Lorber B, Mejdoub H, Reinbolt J, Boulanger Y, Giege R
Title Properties of N-terminal truncated yeast aspartyl-tRNA synthetase and structural characteristics of the cleaved domain.
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[7]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 3047397
Journal J Mol Biol
Year 1988
Volume 201
Pages 235-6
Authors Ruff M, Cavarelli J, Mikol V, Lorber B, Mitschler A, Giege R, Thierry JC, Moras D
Title A high resolution diffracting crystal form of the complex between yeast tRNAAsp and aspartyl-tRNA synthetase.
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[8]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 2047878
Journal Science
Year 1991
Volume 252
Pages 1696-9
Authors Putz J, Puglisi JD, Florentz C, Giege R
Title Identity elements for specific aminoacylation of yeast tRNA(Asp) by cognate aspartyl-tRNA synthetase.
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[9]
Resource
Comments X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (3.0 ANGSTROMS).
Medline ID 91262650
PubMed ID 2047877
Journal Science
Year 1991
Volume 252
Pages 1682-9
Authors Ruff M, Krishnaswamy S, Boeglin M, Poterszman A, Mitschler A, Podjarny A, Rees B, Thierry JC, Moras D
Title Class II aminoacyl transfer RNA synthetases: crystal structure of yeast aspartyl-tRNA synthetase complexed with tRNA(Asp).
Related PDB 1asy
Related UniProtKB P04802
[10]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 1445684
Journal Acta Crystallogr A
Year 1992
Volume 48
Pages 756-64
Authors Cura V, Krishnaswamy S, Podjarny AD
Title Heavy-atom refinement against solvent-flattened phases.
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[11]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 8199247
Journal Biochimie
Year 1993
Volume 75
Pages 1117-23
Authors Cavarelli J, Rees B, Thierry JC, Moras D
Title Yeast aspartyl-tRNA synthetase: a structural view of the aminoacylation reaction.
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[12]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 8450889
Journal Nature
Year 1993
Volume 362
Pages 181-4
Authors Cavarelli J, Rees B, Ruff M, Thierry JC, Moras D
Title Yeast tRNA(Asp) recognition by its cognate class II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase.
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[13]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 8248175
Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Year 1993
Volume 90
Pages 10816-20
Authors Eriani G, Cavarelli J, Martin F, Dirheimer G, Moras D, Gangloff J
Title Role of dimerization in yeast aspartyl-tRNA synthetase and importance of the class II invariant proline.
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[14]
Resource
Comments X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (3.0 ANGSTROMS), AND MUTAGENESIS.
Medline ID 94147977
PubMed ID 8313877
Journal EMBO J
Year 1994
Volume 13
Pages 327-37
Authors Cavarelli J, Eriani G, Rees B, Ruff M, Boeglin M, Mitschler A, Martin F, Gangloff J, Thierry JC, Moras D
Title The active site of yeast aspartyl-tRNA synthetase: structural and functional aspects of the aminoacylation reaction.
Related PDB 1asz
Related UniProtKB P04802
[15]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 7819251
Journal Biochemistry
Year 1995
Volume 34
Pages 569-76
Authors Agou F, Yang Y, Gesquiere JC, Waller JP, Guittet E
Title Polyanion-induced alpha-helical structure of a synthetic 23-residue peptide representing the lysine-rich segment of the N-terminal extension of yeast cytoplasmic aspartyl-tRNA synthetase.
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[16]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 8955905
Journal Biochimie
Year 1996
Volume 78
Pages 624-31
Authors Rees B, Cavarelli J, Moras D
Title Conformational flexibility of tRNA: structural changes in yeast tRNA(Asp) upon binding to aspartyl-tRNA synthetase.
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[17]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 9396794
Journal Nucleic Acids Res
Year 1997
Volume 25
Pages 4899-906
Authors Sissler M, Eriani G, Martin F, Giege R, Florentz C
Title Mirror image alternative interaction patterns of the same tRNA with either class I arginyl-tRNA synthetase or class II aspartyl-tRNA synthetase.
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[18]
Resource
Comments X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (1.9 ANGSTROMS).
Medline ID 98393563
PubMed ID 9724658
Journal EMBO J
Year 1998
Volume 17
Pages 5227-37
Authors Schmitt E, Moulinier L, Fujiwara S, Imanaka T, Thierry JC, Moras D
Title Crystal structure of aspartyl-tRNA synthetase from Pyrococcus kodakaraensis KOD: archaeon specificity and catalytic mechanism of adenylate formation.
Related PDB 1b8a
Related UniProtKB Q52428
[19]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 10089405
Journal Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr
Year 1999
Volume 55
Pages 149-56
Authors Sauter C, Lorber B, Kern D, Cavarelli J, Moras D, Giege R
Title Crystallogenesis studies on yeast aspartyl-tRNA synthetase: use of phase diagram to improve crystal quality.
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[20]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 10508395
Journal Biochemistry
Year 1999
Volume 38
Pages 11926-32
Authors Wolfson AD, Khvorova AM, Sauter C, Florentz C, Giege R
Title Mimics of yeast tRNAAsp and their recognition by aspartyl-tRNA synthetase.
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[21]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 10452887
Journal J Mol Biol
Year 1999
Volume 291
Pages 761-73
Authors Eriani G, Gangloff J
Title Yeast aspartyl-tRNA synthetase residues interacting with tRNA(Asp) identity bases connectively contribute to tRNA(Asp) binding in the ground and transition-state complex and discriminate against non-cognate tRNAs.
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[22]
Resource
Comments X-ray crystallography
Medline ID
PubMed ID 10873455
Journal J Mol Biol
Year 2000
Volume 299
Pages 1313-24
Authors Sauter C, Lorber B, Cavarelli J, Moras D, Giege R
Title The free yeast aspartyl-tRNA synthetase differs from the tRNA(Asp)-complexed enzyme by structural changes in the catalytic site, hinge region, and anticodon-binding domain.
Related PDB 1eov
Related UniProtKB
[23]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 11686711
Journal J Am Chem Soc
Year 2001
Volume 123
Pages 11047-56
Authors Archontis G, Simonson T
Title Dielectric relaxation in an enzyme active site: molecular dynamics simulations interpreted with a macroscopic continuum model.
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[24]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 12660169
Journal EMBO J
Year 2003
Volume 22
Pages 1632-43
Authors Charron C, Roy H, Blaise M, Giege R, Kern D
Title Non-discriminating and discriminating aspartyl-tRNA synthetases differ in the anticodon-binding domain.
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[25]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 12486031
Journal J Biol Chem
Year 2003
Volume 278
Pages 9683-90
Authors Ryckelynck M, Giege R, Frugier M
Title Yeast tRNA(Asp) charging accuracy is threatened by the N-terminal extension of aspartyl-tRNA synthetase.
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[26]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 12730374
Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Year 2003
Volume 100
Pages 5676-81
Authors Feng L, Tumbula-Hansen D, Toogood H, Soll D
Title Expanding tRNA recognition of a tRNA synthetase by a single amino acid change.
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[27]
Resource
Comments
Medline ID
PubMed ID 15170340
Journal Biochemistry
Year 2004
Volume 43
Pages 7028-37
Authors Ador L, Jaeger S, Geslain R, Martin F, Cavarelli J, Eriani G
Title Mutation and evolution of the magnesium-binding site of a class II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase.
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Comments
This enzyme is class IIb aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.
This enzyme catalyzes the following reactions (see [14]):
(A) Transfer of adenylate from ATP to carboxyl oxygen of Aspartate, forming an aspartyl-adenylate intermediate:
(B) Transfer of acyl group from the intermediate to the 3'-end of tRNA:

Created Updated
2004-08-31 2009-02-26