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| | PANTHER - Family Information |
 | | Class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases contain a characteristic Rossman fold and are mostly monomeric [PMID:10673435], while class II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases share an anti-parallel beta-sheet formation, flanked by alpha-helices [PMID:8364025], and are mostly dimeric or multimeric. |
 | | In reactions catalysed by the class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, the aminoacyl group is coupled to the 2'-hydroxyl of the tRNA, while, in class II reactions, the 3'-hydroxyl site is preferred. |
 | | The synthetases specific for arginine, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, tyrosine, tryptophan and valine belong to class I synthetases. |
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