KpATCC43816 Protein target profile

tyrosine--tRNA ligase

Accession: VK055_0502

Gene: AIK79125.1 tyrS 3D evidence: AlphaFold DB model + ColabFold model Metabolism 3 reactions UniProt A0A0H3GTN6
Length 424
Pocket druggability (P2Rank · AlphaFold DB model) 0.909
Metabolic reactions 3
Chokepoint Yes
Direct ligand evidence 0 65 total records
Functional annotation 1 EC 9 GO
Target summary

Promising target candidate with multiple supporting evidence streams.

Automated synthesis of the evidence currently loaded. Review the underlying records before prioritizing this protein.

Terms and data sources used on this page

PDB: experimentally determined structures from the Protein Data Bank. These are the strongest structural evidence, but may cover only part of the protein.

AlphaFold DB model: a precomputed predicted structure downloaded from AlphaFold Database/UniProt, not an experiment performed here.

ColabFold model: a predicted structure generated for this workspace; interpret it with coverage and confidence.

pLDDT: confidence score for predicted structures. High values support local geometry; low values mean the region should not drive pocket interpretation.

FPocket / P2Rank: software tools that predict possible ligand-binding pockets on a 3D structure. They are useful screening signals, not experimental validation.

Druggability: a pocket-based estimate of whether a small molecule could bind productively. It does not mean a drug already exists.

PDB ligand: a compound observed in an experimental structure. Direct same-protein records are stronger than homolog-transferred records.

ChEMBL: a public database of measured compound bioactivity. Direct entries are stronger than entries transferred from similar proteins.

ZINC: a purchasable-compound database. Here it marks proposed candidates from chemical similarity, not measured binders.

LigQ / LigQ_2: an internal Target pipeline step that gathers PDB, ChEMBL, and ZINC ligand evidence for each protein.

Off-target: sequence similarity to proteins we prefer not to hit, such as human proteins or beneficial gut microbiome proteins.

DEG: Database of Essential Genes. A match suggests the protein resembles genes known to be essential in other organisms.

Roary / CoreCruncher: pan-genome tools used to decide whether a gene is core across analyzed strains or accessory/strain-specific.

EC / GO: functional annotations: EC describes enzyme reactions; GO describes biological process, molecular function, or cellular component.

KEGG pathway: a curated metabolic route label used here to group reactions imported from the metabolic model.

Chokepoint: a metabolic reaction that is the only producer or consumer of a metabolite in the imported model.

Prioritization evidence

Selectivity, essentiality, structural confidence, conservation, and predicted binding-site evidence.

Off-target risk

Human off-target
Hit
Human identity (%)
42.041 Lower values reduce human off-target concern.
Human E-value
1.37e-53
Gut microbiome similarity
5.0% of screened genomes Lower prevalence suggests narrower overlap with the screened gut microbiome.

Essentiality

Essential (DEG)
Y
DEG identity (%)
95.519 Higher values support similarity to known essential genes.
DEG E-value
0.0 Smaller values mean stronger essential-gene similarity.

Structure confidence

ColabFold pLDDT
95.11 0-100 confidence; >70 supports local structural interpretation.

Binding-site evidence

AlphaFold DB / UniProt model

P2Rank's binding-site probability is the primary druggability signal shown across the app; FPocket's druggability score is shown alongside it for comparison. Both estimate small-molecule pocket quality after applying the curated structure priority — neither is experimental binding evidence. The 3D viewer may show a different loaded structure, so visible pockets can differ.

Druggability (P2Rank) 0.909
Structure A0A0H3GTN6
Pocket Pocket 1
Druggability (FPocket) 0.419
Structure A0A0H3GTN6
Pocket Pocket 9
ColabFold model
P2Rank 0.933 · Pocket 1
FPocket 0.495 · Pocket 15
Core conservation Conserved core gene
Roary core
CoreCruncher core
Gut microbiome 238 / 4744 genomes with a hit
Prevalence 5.0%

Metabolic context

Reactions catalyzed, pathway membership, and centrality in the genome-scale metabolic network.

Explore metabolic network

Attractive metabolic target: catalyzes a producing chokepoint reaction in Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis.

Relative network centrality 0.0% more central than 0.0% of genes in this genome
Chokepoint Chokepoint gene
Catalyzed reactions

3 reactions mapped to this gene in the metabolic model. Open the full network to see each one, with substrates/products and the reaction-reaction map.

Imported from KpATCC43816.sbml · 2026-07-09

Sequence

Primary amino-acid sequence viewer.

MASSNLIKQLQERGLVAQVTDEEALAERLAQGPIALYCGFDPTADSLHLGHLVPLLCLKRFQQAGHKPVALVGGATGLIGDPSFKAAERKLNTEDTVQEWVDKIRKQVAPFLDFDCGDNSAIAANNYDWFGSMNVLTFLRDIGKHFSVNQMINKEAVKQRLNRDDQGISFTEFSYNLLQGYDFACLNKLHGVALQIGGSDQWGNITSGIDLTRRLHQNQVFGLTVPLITKADGTKFGKTEGGAVWLDPKKTSPYKFYQFWINTADADVYRFLKFFTFMDIAEINALEEEDKNSGKAPRAQYVLAEQVTRLVHGEEGLEAAKRITESLFNGNLSDLSEADFEQLAQDGVPMIEMEKGADLLQALVDSELQPSRGQARKTVASNAVTINGEKQADPEYVFSDSDRLFGRYTLLRRGKKNYCLVCWK

Functional annotations

Enzyme classification and Gene Ontology terms linked to this protein.

1 EC 9 GO

Subcellular localization

Localization
Cytoplasmic

Enzyme Commission (EC)

1

Gene Ontology (GO)

9
  • GO:0005524 Binding to ATP, adenosine 5'-triphosphate, a universally important coenzyme and enzyme regulator.
  • GO:0006437 The process of coupling tyrosine to tyrosyl-tRNA, catalyzed by tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase. The tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase is a class-I synthetase. The activated amino acid is transferred to the 2'-OH group of a tyrosine-accetping tRNA. The 2'-O-aminoacyl-tRNA will ultimately migrate to the 3' position via transesterification.
  • GO:0004831 Catalysis of the reaction: L-tyrosine + ATP + tRNA(Tyr) = L-tyrosyl-tRNA(Tyr) + AMP + diphosphate + 2 H+.
  • GO:0004812 Catalysis of the formation of aminoacyl-tRNA from ATP, amino acid, and tRNA with the release of diphosphate and AMP.
  • GO:0003723 Binding to an RNA molecule or a portion thereof.
  • GO:0000166 Binding to a nucleotide, any compound consisting of a nucleoside that is esterified with (ortho)phosphate or an oligophosphate at any hydroxyl group on the ribose or deoxyribose.
  • GO:0006418 The synthesis of aminoacyl tRNA by the formation of an ester bond between the 3'-hydroxyl group of the most 3' adenosine of the tRNA and the alpha carboxylic acid group of an amino acid, to be used in ribosome-mediated polypeptide synthesis.
  • GO:0005829 The part of the cytoplasm that does not contain organelles but which does contain other particulate matter, such as protein complexes.
  • GO:0042803 Binding to an identical protein to form a homodimer.

Sequence domains and features

Domain and signature matches imported from InterPro and related databases.

34 records
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Start End DB Term Name
1 227 FunFam G3DSA:3.40.50.620:FF:000008 Tyrosine--tRNA ligase
327 423 SUPERFAMILY SSF55174 Alpha-L RNA-binding motif
357 414 ProSiteProfiles PS50889 S4 RNA-binding domain profile.
4 328 SUPERFAMILY SSF52374 Nucleotidylyl transferase
1 227 Gene3D G3DSA:3.40.50.620 HUPs
1 227 InterPro IPR014729 Rossmann-like alpha/beta/alpha sandwich fold
358 419 SMART SM00363 s4_6
358 419 InterPro IPR002942 RNA-binding S4 domain
31 328 Pfam PF00579 tRNA synthetases class I (W and Y)
31 328 InterPro IPR002305 Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, class Ic
4 423 Hamap MF_02006 Tyrosine--tRNA ligase [tyrS].
4 423 InterPro IPR024107 Tyrosine-tRNA ligase, bacterial-type, type 1
333 424 FunFam G3DSA:3.10.290.10:FF:000007 Tyrosine--tRNA ligase
34 310 CDD cd00805 TyrRS_core
34 310 InterPro IPR002307 Tyrosine-tRNA ligase
359 404 CDD cd00165 S4
228 330 FunFam G3DSA:1.10.240.10:FF:000001 Tyrosine--tRNA ligase
228 332 Gene3D G3DSA:1.10.240.10 -
333 424 Gene3D G3DSA:3.10.290.10 -
333 424 InterPro IPR036986 RNA-binding S4 domain superfamily
46 68 PRINTS PR01040 Tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase signature
46 68 InterPro IPR002307 Tyrosine-tRNA ligase
188 210 PRINTS PR01040 Tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase signature
188 210 InterPro IPR002307 Tyrosine-tRNA ligase
167 182 PRINTS PR01040 Tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase signature
167 182 InterPro IPR002307 Tyrosine-tRNA ligase
221 233 PRINTS PR01040 Tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase signature
221 233 InterPro IPR002307 Tyrosine-tRNA ligase
2 424 NCBIfam TIGR00234 tyrosine--tRNA ligase
2 424 InterPro IPR002307 Tyrosine-tRNA ligase
42 52 ProSitePatterns PS00178 Aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases class-I signature.
42 52 InterPro IPR001412 Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, class I, conserved site
3 423 PANTHER PTHR11766 TYROSYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE
3 423 InterPro IPR024088 Tyrosine-tRNA ligase, bacterial-type

3D structure

Selected loaded structure. Experimental PDB entries may cover only a portion of the sequence; AlphaFold DB and ColabFold models typically cover the full protein but remain computational predictions.

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Uniform protein color marks the displayed model as a single molecular object.
Experimental PDB structures may be colored by chain to distinguish subunits or copies present in the file.
Pocket colors and alpha spheres are evidence overlays for predicted binding cavities; they are not alternative protein chains.
'Alpha spheres' is FPocket's own cavity-shape geometry, imported when available and aligned with the loaded structure.
'Pocket atoms'/'Predicted site atoms' show the pocket's residue atoms instead: P2Rank reports residues rather than alpha spheres, and FPocket falls back to this when alpha-sphere geometry is unavailable or doesn't align.
'No pocket geometry' means neither alpha spheres nor residue-position data could be found for that pocket; the layer just highlights the same residues as 'Nearby residues'.
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Binding pockets · P2Rank

Druggability (P2Rank): high ≥ 0.5 · medium 0.2–0.49 · low < 0.2

Pocket 1 P2Rank #1
0.909
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Pocket 2 P2Rank #2
0.312
Likely same site as FPocket 9 1.6 Å 9 shared residues 82% of smaller site
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Pocket 3 P2Rank #3
0.065
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Pocket 4 P2Rank #4
0.028
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Pocket 5 P2Rank #5
0.027
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Binding pockets · FPocket

Druggability (FPocket): high ≥ 0.7 · medium 0.4–0.69 · low < 0.4

Pocket 1 FPocket #9
0.419
Likely same site as P2Rank 2 1.6 Å 9 shared residues 82% of smaller site
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Residue sets
UniProt: Binding site:179-179
UniProt: Binding site:183-183
UniProt: Binding site:242-242
UniProt: Binding site:41-41
All structural evidence 0 experimental · 2 predicted

Structural evidence

0 + 2

Experimental PDB entries plus predicted AlphaFold DB or ColabFold models. Click Switch to display a different loaded structure in the viewer.

Entry Method Resolution Chain Coverage Links Status
AlphaFold DB AF_A0A0H3GTN6
AlphaFold DB full sequence Viewing
ColabFold VK055_0502
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Ligand evidence

Ligands grouped by evidence source. PDB ligands keep the source crystal visible, and loaded crystals can be opened directly in the structure viewer.

65 records
Chemistry signal

Structural and bioactivity evidence are both available for this target.

Direct evidence 0 same-protein records
Transferred evidence 15 records from similar proteins
Structural ligands 8 0 loaded crystals
Measured bioactivity 7 direct and transferred ChEMBL records
Proposed compounds 50 similarity-based ZINC candidates
Best available ligand signal
AZY PDB via homolog 222.2 Da · LogP 1.29 · TPSA 132.3 Open detail RCSB PDB
IYR PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
TYE PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
TYS PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
Y3U PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB

Structural evidence inferred from similar proteins. The source crystal indicates where the ligand was observed; the UniProt column identifies the homologous protein carrying that ligand.

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Ligand Source crystal UniProt (homolog) MW · LogP · TPSA Lipinski PAINS SMILES
AZY RCSB PDB P0AGJ9 222.2 Da LogP 1.29 TPSA 132.3 ✓ Ro5 Alert c1cc(c(cc1C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)N=[N+]=[N-])O
IYR RCSB PDB P0AGJ9 307.1 Da LogP 0.95 TPSA 83.5 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean c1cc(c(cc1C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)I)O
TYE RCSB PDB P83453 167.2 Da LogP 0.25 TPSA 66.5 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean c1cc(ccc1C[C@@H](CO)N)O
TYS RCSB PDB P0AGJ9 261.3 Da LogP -0.18 TPSA 126.9 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean c1cc(ccc1C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)OS(=O)(=O)O
Y3U RCSB PDB P0AGJ9 500.5 Da LogP -3.18 TPSA 212.4 2 viol. ✓ Clean CN1C(=O)C=CN(C1=O)[C@H]2[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O2)…
YSA RCSB PDB P0AGJ9 509.5 Da LogP -2.32 TPSA 238.0 3 viol. ✓ Clean c1cc(ccc1C[C@@H](C(=O)NS(=O)(=O)OC[C@@H]2[C@H](…
YSC RCSB PDB P0AGJ9 485.5 Da LogP -2.90 TPSA 229.3 2 viol. ✓ Clean c1cc(ccc1C[C@@H](C(=O)NS(=O)(=O)OC[C@@H]2[C@H](…
YSU RCSB PDB P0AGJ9 486.5 Da LogP -3.19 TPSA 223.3 2 viol. ✓ Clean c1cc(ccc1C[C@@H](C(=O)NS(=O)(=O)OC[C@@H]2[C@H](…

PDB and ChEMBL records on this protein are shown in full. ChEMBL records from similar proteins are capped at the top 100 per protein (by pchembl) and ZINC at the top 50 (Tanimoto ≥ 0.5). ADME columns are descriptor-based screening flags, not experimental toxicity results.

Cross-references

External database identifiers for this protein, its structures, ligands, and metabolic reactions.