ID   SYFA_EHRCR              Reviewed;         346 AA.
AC   Q2GHR3;
DT   15-JAN-2008, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   21-MAR-2006, sequence version 1.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 95.
DE   RecName: Full=Phenylalanine--tRNA ligase alpha subunit {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00281};
DE            EC=6.1.1.20 {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00281};
DE   AltName: Full=Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase alpha subunit {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00281};
DE            Short=PheRS {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00281};
GN   Name=pheS {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00281}; OrderedLocusNames=ECH_0196;
OS   Ehrlichia chaffeensis (strain ATCC CRL-10679 / Arkansas).
OC   Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rickettsiales;
OC   Anaplasmataceae; Ehrlichia.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=205920;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
RC   STRAIN=ATCC CRL-10679 / Arkansas;
RX   PubMed=16482227; DOI=10.1371/journal.pgen.0020021;
RA   Dunning Hotopp J.C., Lin M., Madupu R., Crabtree J., Angiuoli S.V.,
RA   Eisen J.A., Seshadri R., Ren Q., Wu M., Utterback T.R., Smith S., Lewis M.,
RA   Khouri H., Zhang C., Niu H., Lin Q., Ohashi N., Zhi N., Nelson W.C.,
RA   Brinkac L.M., Dodson R.J., Rosovitz M.J., Sundaram J.P., Daugherty S.C.,
RA   Davidsen T., Durkin A.S., Gwinn M.L., Haft D.H., Selengut J.D.,
RA   Sullivan S.A., Zafar N., Zhou L., Benahmed F., Forberger H., Halpin R.,
RA   Mulligan S., Robinson J., White O., Rikihisa Y., Tettelin H.;
RT   "Comparative genomics of emerging human ehrlichiosis agents.";
RL   PLoS Genet. 2:208-222(2006).
CC   -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:
CC       Reaction=ATP + L-phenylalanine + tRNA(Phe) = AMP + diphosphate + H(+) +
CC         L-phenylalanyl-tRNA(Phe); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:19413, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9668,
CC         Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9699, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616,
CC         ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:58095, ChEBI:CHEBI:78442,
CC         ChEBI:CHEBI:78531, ChEBI:CHEBI:456215; EC=6.1.1.20;
CC         Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00281};
CC   -!- COFACTOR:
CC       Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420;
CC         Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00281};
CC       Note=Binds 2 magnesium ions per tetramer. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-
CC       Rule:MF_00281};
CC   -!- SUBUNIT: Tetramer of two alpha and two beta subunits.
CC       {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00281}.
CC   -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00281}.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family.
CC       Phe-tRNA synthetase alpha subunit type 1 subfamily. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-
CC       Rule:MF_00281}.
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DR   EMBL; CP000236; ABD44710.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; Q2GHR3; -.
DR   SMR; Q2GHR3; -.
DR   STRING; 205920.ECH_0196; -.
DR   EnsemblBacteria; ABD44710; ABD44710; ECH_0196.
DR   KEGG; ech:ECH_0196; -.
DR   eggNOG; COG0016; Bacteria.
DR   HOGENOM; CLU_025086_0_1_5; -.
DR   OMA; DWHNFTA; -.
DR   Proteomes; UP000008320; Chromosome.
DR   GO; GO:0005737; C:cytoplasm; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell.
DR   GO; GO:0005524; F:ATP binding; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule.
DR   GO; GO:0000287; F:magnesium ion binding; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule.
DR   GO; GO:0004826; F:phenylalanine-tRNA ligase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule.
DR   GO; GO:0000049; F:tRNA binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0006432; P:phenylalanyl-tRNA aminoacylation; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule.
DR   Gene3D; 3.30.930.10; -; 1.
DR   HAMAP; MF_00281; Phe_tRNA_synth_alpha1; 1.
DR   InterPro; IPR006195; aa-tRNA-synth_II.
DR   InterPro; IPR045864; aa-tRNA-synth_II/BPL/LPL.
DR   InterPro; IPR004529; Phe-tRNA-synth_IIc_asu.
DR   InterPro; IPR004530; Phe-tRNA-synth_IIc_mito.
DR   InterPro; IPR004188; Phe-tRNA_ligase_II_N.
DR   InterPro; IPR022911; Phe_tRNA_ligase_alpha1_bac.
DR   InterPro; IPR002319; Phenylalanyl-tRNA_Synthase.
DR   InterPro; IPR010978; tRNA-bd_arm.
DR   PANTHER; PTHR11538:SF41; PTHR11538:SF41; 1.
DR   Pfam; PF02912; Phe_tRNA-synt_N; 1.
DR   Pfam; PF01409; tRNA-synt_2d; 1.
DR   SUPFAM; SSF46589; SSF46589; 1.
DR   SUPFAM; SSF55681; SSF55681; 1.
DR   TIGRFAMs; TIGR00468; pheS; 1.
DR   PROSITE; PS50862; AA_TRNA_LIGASE_II; 1.
PE   3: Inferred from homology;
KW   Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase; ATP-binding; Cytoplasm; Ligase; Magnesium;
KW   Metal-binding; Nucleotide-binding; Protein biosynthesis;
KW   Reference proteome.
FT   CHAIN           1..346
FT                   /note="Phenylalanine--tRNA ligase alpha subunit"
FT                   /id="PRO_1000006826"
FT   BINDING         262
FT                   /ligand="Mg(2+)"
FT                   /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:18420"
FT                   /ligand_note="shared with beta subunit"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00281"
SQ   SEQUENCE   346 AA;  39776 MW;  8EBACC435393900A CRC64;
     MLHSNIYNLQ AEATNKILSS SSLEELESIK LYYFGKSGTI TACLKSIATI SNIEERKSVG
     SSVNAICAEL KSLINSQKEK LHKIQINAQL MQDRVDISLP VRPKQIAKLH PISKTLHEVR
     HIFSSLGFKL SDGPELEDEF HVFDALNTHK NHPAREENDT FYLKTLVNQK RVVLRTHTSS
     VQIRVMQANK GNYPIKIIAP GKVYRNDWDA THSPMFHQIE GLYIDKNVNM GHLKYCIHYF
     LKKFFGENIQ IRFRNSYFPF TEPSAEVDIK CGEKDWIEIL GCGMVHRNVL TNVNIDPDQY
     SGFAFGIGIE RVAMLKYNIS DLRKFYSNKL QWLNHYGFCF THLVSC