PathBank

Pathway Description

tRNA Charging

Dialister invisus DSM 15470

Category:

Metabolite Pathway

Sub-Category:

Metabolic

Created: 2024-12-18

Last Updated: 2025-08-09

This pathway is a compilation of Escherichia coli tRNA charging reactions involving amino acids transported into the cell. The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase is an enzyme that attaches the appropriate amino acid onto its tRNA by catalyzing the esterification of a specific cognate amino acid or its precursor to one of all its compatible cognate tRNAs to form an aminoacyl-tRNA, which plays an important role in RNA translation. 20 different Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases can make 20 different types of aa-tRNA for each amino acid according to the genetic code. This process is called "charging" or "loading" the tRNA with amino acid. Ribosome can transfer the amino acid from tRNA to a growing peptide after the tRNA is charged.

References

tRNA Charging References

This pathway was propagated using PathWhiz - Pon, A. et al. Pathways with PathWhiz (2015) Nucleic Acids Res. 43(Web Server issue): W552–W559.

Propagated from SMP0000820

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Visualize Compound Data

		Adenosine diphosphate
		Adenosine monophosphate
		Adenosine triphosphate
		Glycine
		Hydrogen Ion
		L-Alanine
		L-Arginine
		L-Asparagine
		L-Aspartic acid
		L-Cysteine
		L-Glutamic acid
		L-Glutamine
		L-Histidine
		L-Isoleucine
		L-Leucine
		L-Lysine
		L-Methionine
		L-Phenylalanine
		L-Proline
		L-Serine
		L-Threonine
		L-Tryptophan
		L-Tyrosine
		L-Valine
		Phosphate
		Pyrophosphate
		Water

Visualize Protein Data

		ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein
		ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein
		ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein
		ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein
		ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein
		ABC transporter, ATP-binding protein
		ABC transporter, permease protein
		ABC transporter, permease protein
		ABC transporter, permease protein
		ABC transporter, permease protein
		ABC transporter, substrate-binding protein, family 3
		ABC transporter, substrate-binding protein, family 3
		ABC transporter, substrate-binding protein, QAT family
		Arginine--tRNA ligase
		Aspartate--tRNA(Asp/Asn) ligase
		Branched-chain amino acid ABC transporter, permease protein
		Branched-chain amino acid ABC transporter, permease protein
		Cysteine--tRNA ligase
		Glutamate--tRNA ligase
		Glycine--tRNA ligase beta subunit
		Histidine--tRNA ligase
		Isoleucine--tRNA ligase
		Lipoprotein
		Lysine--tRNA ligase
		Methionine--tRNA ligase
		Phenylalanine--tRNA ligase alpha subunit
		Phenylalanine--tRNA ligase beta subunit
		Proline--tRNA ligase
		Putrescine transporter
		Putrescine transporter
		Receptor family ligand-binding protein
		Serine--tRNA ligase
		SLH domain-containing protein
		Threonine--tRNA ligase
		Tryptophan--tRNA ligase
		Tyrosine--tRNA ligase
		Unknown
		Valine--tRNA ligase