FUNCTION: Catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of glutamyl-tRNA(Glu) to glutamate 1-semialdehyde (GSA) (By similarity).
CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: L-glutamate 1-semialdehyde + NADP⁺ + tRNA(Glu) = L-glutamyl-tRNA(Glu) + NADPH.
PATHWAY: Porphyrin metabolism; protoporphyrin-IX biosynthesis; 5-aminolevulinate from L-glutamyl-tRNA(Glu): step 1/2 .
SUBUNIT: Homodimer (By similarity).
DOMAIN: Possesses an unusual extended V-shaped dimeric structure with each monomer consisting of three distinct domains arranged along a curved 'spinal' alpha-helix. The N-terminal catalytic domain specifically recognizes the glutamate moiety of the substrate. The second domain is the NADPH-binding domain, and the third C-terminal domain is responsible for dimerization (By similarity).
MISCELLANEOUS: During catalysis, the active site Cys acts as a nucleophile attacking the alpha-carbonyl group of tRNA-bound glutamate with the formation of a thioester intermediate between enzyme and glutamate, and the concomitant release of tRNA(Glu). The thioester intermediate is finally reduced by direct hydride transfer from NADPH, to form the product GSA (By similarity).
SIMILARITY: Belongs to the glutamyl-tRNA reductase family.

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Cross-references

Sequence databases

EMBL

CP000124; ABA49373.1; ALT_INIT; Genomic_DNA.

[EMBL / GenBank / DDBJ] [CoDingSequence]

RefSeq

YP_334965.2; -.

3D structure databases

ModBase

Q3JN88.

Ontologies

GO:0008883;	Molecular function: glutamyl-tRNA reductase activity (inferred from electronic annotation from HAMAP).
GO:0006779;	Biological process: porphyrin biosynthetic process (inferred from electronic annotation from HAMAP).
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Family and domain databases

HAMAP

MF_00087; -; 1.
PBIL [Tree]

InterPro

IPR000343; 4pyrrol_synth_GluRdtase.
IPR015896; 4pyrrol_synth_GluRdtase_C.
IPR015895; 4pyrrol_synth_GluRdtase_N.
IPR016040; NAD(P)-bd.
IPR006151; Shikm_DHase/Glu-tRNA_Rdtase.
Graphical view of domain structure.

Gene3D

G3DSA:3.40.50.720; NAD(P)-bd; 1.

Pfam

PF00745; GlutR_dimer; 1.
PF05201; GlutR_N; 1.
PF01488; Shikimate_DH; 1.
Pfam graphical view of domain structure.

PIRSF

PIRSF000445; 4pyrrol_synth_GluRdtase; 1.

TIGR01035; hemA; 1.

PS00747; GLUTR; 1.

Genome annotation databases

GeneID

3689349; -.

GenomeReviews

CP000124_GR; BURPS1710b_3600.

KEGG

bpm:BURPS1710b_3600; -.

TIGR

BURPS1710b_3600; -.

Phylogenomic databases

HOGENOM

Q3JN88; -.

Other

ProtoNet

Q3JN88.

UniRef

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Keywords

Complete proteome; NADP; Oxidoreductase; Porphyrin biosynthesis.

Features

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Feature aligner

`Key`	`From To`	`Length`	`Description`	`FTId`
`CHAIN`	`1 432`	`432`	`Glutamyl-tRNA reductase.`	`PRO_0000335017`
`NP_BIND`	`194 199`	`6`	`NADP (By similarity).`
`REGION`	`55 58`	`4`	`Substrate binding (By similarity).`
`REGION`	`119 121`	`3`	`Substrate binding (By similarity).`
`ACT_SITE`	`56 56`		`Nucleophile (By similarity).`
`BINDING`	`114 114`		`Substrate (By similarity).`
`BINDING`	`125 125`		`Substrate (By similarity).`
`SITE`	`104 104`	`1`	`Important for activity (By similarity).`

Sequence information

Length: 432 AA [This is the length of the unprocessed precursor]

Molecular weight: 47299 Da [This is the MW of the unprocessed precursor]

CRC64: 271ACB4C096D7403 [This is a checksum on the sequence]

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MQLLTIGINH HTAPVALRER VAFPLEQIKP ALSTFKSVFL GHPAPNAPEA AILSTCNRTE 

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LYCATNDRAA RDAAIRWMSD YHRIPADELA PHVYALPQSE AVRHAFRVAS GLDSMVLGET 

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QILGQMKNAV RTASEAGSLG TYLNQLFQRT FAVAKEVRGT TEIGAQSVSM AAAAVRLAQR 

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IFEQVAQQRV LFIGAGEMIE LCATHFAAQG PRELVVANRT AERGAKLAER FGGRAMPLAD 

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LPARMHEFDI IVSCTASTLP IIGLGAVERA VKARRHRPIF MVDLAVPRDI EPEVGKLKDV 

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FLYTVDDLGA IVREGNASRQ AAVAQAEAII ETRVQNFMQW LDARSIVPVI RHMHTQADAL 

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RRAEVERARK MLARGDDPDA VLDALSQALT NKLIHGPTSA LNRANGADRD SLIDLMRGFY 

       430 
QHAPRSSDTS DR

Q3JN88 in FASTA format

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