ID   SYFA_TROWT              Reviewed;         336 AA.
AC   Q83GS9;
DT   16-JAN-2004, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   01-JUN-2003, sequence version 1.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 118.
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=TWT_167;
OS   Tropheryma whipplei (strain Twist) (Whipple's bacillus).
OC   Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Micrococcales; Tropherymataceae; Tropheryma.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=203267;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
RC   STRAIN=Twist;
RX   PubMed=12902375; DOI=10.1101/gr.1474603;
RA   Raoult D., Ogata H., Audic S., Robert C., Suhre K., Drancourt M.,
RA   Claverie J.-M.;
RT   "Tropheryma whipplei twist: a human pathogenic Actinobacteria with a
RT   reduced genome.";
RL   Genome Res. 13:1800-1809(2003).
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; AE014184; AAO44264.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
DR   RefSeq; WP_011102398.1; NC_004572.3.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; Q83GS9; -.
DR   SMR; Q83GS9; -.
DR   STRING; 203267.TWT_167; -.
DR   EnsemblBacteria; AAO44264; AAO44264; TWT_167.
DR   KEGG; twh:TWT_167; -.
DR   eggNOG; COG0016; Bacteria.
DR   HOGENOM; CLU_025086_0_0_11; -.
DR   OMA; DWHNFTA; -.
DR   OrthoDB; 469058at2; -.
DR   Proteomes; UP000002200; 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..336
FT                   /note="Phenylalanine--tRNA ligase alpha subunit"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000126789"
FT   BINDING         259
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   336 AA;  37840 MW;  892BE277CDD0018F CRC64;
     MDEIQDIEGL TRRALQAISR IDTLRDLTKL KNDNLGSTSW LAKYSASIKI LSQEKKPIIG
     KAVSEARRKI LEACQDRDLA LRLNAQNEQF TRETLDITAL PTRIFPGARH PIHVLQDKIL
     DFFLMRGWSV VEGPELESEW LNFDALNIGP FHPAREESDT IFAEPRSASM LLRTHTSPVQ
     LRALVSNPLP LYCVSSGKVF RSDPLDATHT PVFHQLEGLV CDRNITLGHL KGTVEDLAGY
     LFGAEVNLRM RCNYFPFTEP SAEFDISRDG IDWTEWGGCG LVNSKVLSMA GIDTVHYTGF
     AFGFGLERTL QFIHSLSDMR DIVEGDIRFS QQFGLK