| id | GO:0004812 Detailed information
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| name | aminoacyl-tRNA ligase activity
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| namespace | molecular_function
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| alt_id | GO:0017100
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| def | "Catalysis of the formation of aminoacyl-tRNA from ATP, amino acid, and tRNA with the release of diphosphate and AMP." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| comment | Note that the bond resulting from this reaction is a carboxylic acid ester bond, linking the alpha carboxyl group of the amino acid to either the 2' or 3' hydroxyl of the 3'- terminal adenyl residue of the tRNA.
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activity" EXACT [GOC:hjd]
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| synonym | "aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase auxiliary protein activity" RELATED []
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| xref | EC:6.1.1.-
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| is_a | GO:0016876 ! ligase activity, forming aminoacyl-tRNA and related compounds
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