Functional Information from GO Data
| Chain | GOid | namespace | contents |
| A | 0000049 | molecular_function | tRNA binding |
| A | 0000166 | molecular_function | nucleotide binding |
| A | 0004812 | molecular_function | aminoacyl-tRNA ligase activity |
| A | 0004818 | molecular_function | glutamate-tRNA ligase activity |
| A | 0005524 | molecular_function | ATP binding |
| A | 0005737 | cellular_component | cytoplasm |
| A | 0005829 | cellular_component | cytosol |
| A | 0006412 | biological_process | translation |
| A | 0006418 | biological_process | tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation |
| A | 0006424 | biological_process | glutamyl-tRNA aminoacylation |
| A | 0008270 | molecular_function | zinc ion binding |
| A | 0016874 | molecular_function | ligase activity |
| A | 0043039 | biological_process | tRNA aminoacylation |
Functional Information from PROSITE/UniProt
| site_id | PS00178 |
| Number of Residues | 12 |
| Details | AA_TRNA_LIGASE_I Aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases class-I signature. PspTGdPHVGTA |
| Chain | Residue | Details |
| A | PRO8-ALA19 | |
Functional Information from SwissProt/UniProt
| site_id | SWS_FT_FI1 |
| Number of Residues | 8 |
| Details | BINDING: |
| Chain | Residue | Details |
| A | ARG5 | |
| A | HIS15 | |
| A | GLU41 | |
| A | TYR187 | |
| A | ARG205 | |
| A | GLU208 | |
| A | LEU236 | |
| A | LYS243 | |
| Chain | Residue | Details |
| A | LYS246 | |
| site_id | SWS_FT_FI3 |
| Number of Residues | 1 |
| Details | SITE: Interaction with tRNA; via carbonyl oxygen |
| Chain | Residue | Details |
| A | LEU354 | |
| site_id | SWS_FT_FI4 |
| Number of Residues | 1 |
| Details | SITE: Essential for discrimination between tRNA(Glu) and tRNA(Gln) |
| Chain | Residue | Details |
| A | ARG358 | |
Catalytic Information from CSA
| site_id | MCSA1 |
| Number of Residues | 1 |
| Details | M-CSA 318 |
| Chain | Residue | Details |
| A | LYS246 | attractive charge-charge interaction, electrostatic stabiliser, hydrogen bond donor, increase nucleophilicity |
