Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology vol 6 pp 203-224
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRS) constitute a family of enzymes that catalyze the specific attachment of one amino acid (aa) to its cognate tRNA in what is a key step in the translation of the genetic information during protein biosynthesis. This enzymatic reaction requires ATP and can be decomposed in two steps:
aa+𝐴𝑇𝑃→𝑎𝑎−𝐴𝑀𝑃+𝑃𝑃𝑖aa−𝐴𝑀𝑃+𝑡𝑅𝑁𝐴→𝑎𝑎−𝑡𝑅𝑁𝐴+𝐴𝑀𝑃Springer_MD_ok