title: Identification of the gltX gene encoding glutamyl-tRNA synthetase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum.
abstract: The gltX gene encoding glutamyl-tRNA synthetase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum has been cloned, sequenced, and identified. The gene is located immediately downstream of idsA in an operon containing at least three additional ORFs. The deduced protein sequence from gltX contains conserved regions (HIGH and KMSKS) indicative of a class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Hurlburt
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Poulter
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005975:Glutamate-tRNA Ligase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017014:Methanobacterium / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005975:Glutamate-tRNA Ligase; D015032:Zinc