Protein target profile

KP13_03310

Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase

Genome: KpKP13 Gene: glnS AHE45689.1 3D evidence: AlphaFold DB model + ColabFold model UniProt A0A0H3GPY5
Length 555
Pocket druggability 0.933
Direct ligand evidence 0 62 total records
Functional annotation 1 EC 11 GO
Target summary

Promising target candidate with multiple supporting evidence streams.

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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 (%)
69.697 Lower values reduce human off-target concern.
Human E-value
2.17e-07
Gut microbiome similarity
48.8% of screened genomes Lower prevalence suggests narrower overlap with the screened gut microbiome.

Essentiality

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

Localization

Localization
Cytoplasmic

Structure confidence

ColabFold pLDDT
95.49 0-100 confidence; >70 supports local structural interpretation.

Binding-site evidence

AlphaFold DB / UniProt model

The selected pocket score is the FPocket value used for ranking after applying the curated structure priority. It estimates small-molecule pocket quality; it is not experimental binding evidence. The 3D viewer may show a different loaded structure, so visible pockets can differ.

FPocket 0.933
Structure A0A0H3GPY5
Pocket Pocket 1
P2Rank 0.886
Structure A0A0H3GPY5
Pocket Pocket 1
ColabFold model
FPocket 0.168 · Pocket 2
P2Rank 0.861 · Pocket 1
Core conservation Conserved core gene
Roary core
CoreCruncher core
Gut microbiome 2315 / 4744 genomes with a hit
Prevalence 48.8%

Cross-references

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

Sequence

Primary amino-acid sequence viewer.

MSEAEARPTNFIRQIIDEDLATGKHTTVHTRFPPEPNGYLHIGHAKSICLNFGIAQDYQGQCNLRFDDTNPVKEDIEYVESIKNDVQWLGFHWSGDVCYSSDYFDQLHQYAVELINKGLAYVDELSPDEIREYRGTLKAPGKNSPYRDRSVEENLALFEKMRSGGFEEGKACLRAKIDMASPFIVMRDPVLYRIKFAEHHQTGNKWCIYPMYDFTHCISDALEGITHSLCTLEFQDNRRLYDWVLDNISIPVHPRQYEFSRLNLEYTVMSKRKLNQLVTEKHVEGWDDPRMPTISGLRRRGYTAESIREFCKRIGVTKQDNTIEMASLESCIREDLNENAPRAMAVIDPVKLVIENYPQGESEMVVMPNHPNKPEMGSREVPFSAEIWIDRADFREEANKQYKRLVLGKEVRLRNAYVIKAERVEKDAEGNITTIFCTYDADTLSKDPADGRKVKGVIHWVSAAHALPVEIRLYDRLFSVPNPGAADDFLAVINPESLVIKQGYAEPSLAQAEAGKAYQFEREGYFCLDSRYATATNLVFNRTVGLRDTWAKAGE

Functional annotations

Enzyme classification and Gene Ontology terms linked to this protein.

1 EC 11 GO

Enzyme Commission (EC)

1

Gene Ontology (GO)

11
  • GO:0006425 The process of coupling glutamine to glutaminyl-tRNA, catalyzed by glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase. The glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase is a class-I synthetase. The activated amino acid is transferred to the 2'-OH group of a glutamine-accetping tRNA. The 2'-O-aminoacyl-tRNA will ultimately migrate to the 3' position via transesterification.
  • GO:0004812 Catalysis of the formation of aminoacyl-tRNA from ATP, amino acid, and tRNA with the release of diphosphate and AMP.
  • GO:0005737 The contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures.
  • GO:0006412 The cellular metabolic process in which a protein is formed, using the sequence of a mature mRNA or circRNA molecule to specify the sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain. Translation is mediated by the ribosome, and begins with the formation of a ternary complex between aminoacylated initiator methionine tRNA, GTP, and initiation factor 2, which subsequently associates with the small subunit of the ribosome and an mRNA or circRNA. Translation ends with the release of a polypeptide chain from the ribosome.
  • GO:0004819 Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + L-glutamine + tRNA(Gln) = AMP + diphosphate + L-glutaminyl-tRNA(Gln).
  • 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:0005524 Binding to ATP, adenosine 5'-triphosphate, a universally important coenzyme and enzyme regulator.
  • GO:0043039 The chemical reactions and pathways by which the various amino acids become bonded to their corresponding tRNAs. The most common route for synthesis of aminoacyl tRNA is 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, usually catalyzed by the cognate aminoacyl-tRNA ligase. A given aminoacyl-tRNA ligase aminoacylates all species of an isoaccepting group of tRNA molecules.
  • 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:0005829 The part of the cytoplasm that does not contain organelles but which does contain other particulate matter, such as protein complexes.
  • GO:0006424 The process of coupling glutamate to glutamyl-tRNA, catalyzed by glutamyl-tRNA synthetase. The glutamyl-tRNA synthetase is a class-I synthetase. The activated amino acid is transferred to the 2'-OH group of a glutamic acid-accetping tRNA. The 2'-O-aminoacyl-tRNA will ultimately migrate to the 3' position via transesterification.

Sequence domains and features

Domain and signature matches imported from InterPro and related databases.

37 records
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Start End DB Term Name
101 209 FunFam G3DSA:3.90.800.10:FF:000001 Glutamine--tRNA ligase
1 550 Hamap MF_00126 Glutamine--tRNA ligase [glnS].
1 550 InterPro IPR022861 Glutamine-tRNA ligase, bacterial
1 343 FunFam G3DSA:3.40.50.620:FF:000037 Glutamine--tRNA ligase cytoplasmic
28 337 Pfam PF00749 tRNA synthetases class I (E and Q), catalytic domain
28 337 InterPro IPR020058 Glutamyl/glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase, class Ib, catalytic domain
336 463 Gene3D G3DSA:2.40.240.10 Ribosomal Protein L25; Chain P
336 463 InterPro IPR020056 Ribosomal protein L25/Gln-tRNA synthetase, N-terminal
464 548 Gene3D G3DSA:2.40.240.10 Ribosomal Protein L25; Chain P
464 548 InterPro IPR020056 Ribosomal protein L25/Gln-tRNA synthetase, N-terminal
336 463 FunFam G3DSA:2.40.240.10:FF:000001 Glutamine--tRNA ligase
340 548 SUPERFAMILY SSF50715 Ribosomal protein L25-like
340 548 InterPro IPR011035 Ribosomal protein L25/Gln-tRNA synthetase, anti-codon-binding domain superfamily
340 529 Pfam PF03950 tRNA synthetases class I (E and Q), anti-codon binding domain
340 529 InterPro IPR020059 Glutamyl/glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase, class Ib, anti-codon binding domain
101 209 Gene3D G3DSA:3.90.800.10 -
23 549 PANTHER PTHR43097 GLUTAMINE-TRNA LIGASE
464 548 FunFam G3DSA:2.40.240.10:FF:000003 Glutamine--tRNA ligase
28 552 NCBIfam TIGR00440 glutamine--tRNA ligase
28 552 InterPro IPR004514 Glutamine-tRNA synthetase
34 45 ProSitePatterns PS00178 Aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases class-I signature.
34 45 InterPro IPR001412 Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, class I, conserved site
30 248 Gene3D G3DSA:3.40.50.620 HUPs
30 248 InterPro IPR014729 Rossmann-like alpha/beta/alpha sandwich fold
27 342 CDD cd00807 GlnRS_core
10 337 SUPERFAMILY SSF52374 Nucleotidylyl transferase
261 335 Gene3D G3DSA:1.10.1160.10 -
261 335 InterPro IPR020061 Glutamine-tRNA ligase, alpha-bundle domain superfamily
60 73 PRINTS PR00987 Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase signature
60 73 InterPro IPR000924 Glutamyl/glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase
45 56 PRINTS PR00987 Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase signature
45 56 InterPro IPR000924 Glutamyl/glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase
31 43 PRINTS PR00987 Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase signature
31 43 InterPro IPR000924 Glutamyl/glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase
210 220 PRINTS PR00987 Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase signature
210 220 InterPro IPR000924 Glutamyl/glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase
261 338 FunFam G3DSA:1.10.1160.10:FF:000001 Glutamine--tRNA ligase

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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Pocket colors and alpha spheres are evidence overlays for predicted binding cavities; they are not alternative protein chains.
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'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 · FPocket

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

Site 1 FPocket #1
0.933
Likely same site as P2Rank 2 0.8 Å 22 shared residues 96% of smaller site
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Site 2 FPocket #5
0.398
Likely same site as P2Rank 5 1.5 Å 9 shared residues 100% of smaller site
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Site 3 FPocket #2
0.366
Likely same site as P2Rank 1 4.4 Å 23 shared residues 96% of smaller site
Unusual size
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Binding pockets · P2Rank

Probability: high ≥ 0.5 · medium 0.2–0.49 · low < 0.2

Site 1 P2Rank #1
0.886
Likely same site as FPocket 2 4.4 Å 23 shared residues 96% of smaller site
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Site 2 P2Rank #2
0.356
Likely same site as FPocket 1 0.8 Å 22 shared residues 96% of smaller site
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Site 3 P2Rank #3
0.281
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Site 4 P2Rank #4
0.069
Likely same site as FPocket 1 5.9 Å 11 shared residues 100% of smaller site
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Site 5 P2Rank #5
0.051
Likely same site as FPocket 5 1.5 Å 9 shared residues 100% of smaller site
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Residue sets
UniProt: Binding site:212-212
UniProt: Binding site:231-231
UniProt: Binding site:261-262
UniProt: Binding site:269-271
UniProt: Binding site:35-37
UniProt: Binding site:41-47
UniProt: Binding site:67-67
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_A0A0H3GPY5
AlphaFold DB full sequence Viewing
ColabFold KP13_03310
ColabFold full sequence Loaded

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.

62 records
Chemistry signal

Structural and bioactivity evidence are both available for this target.

Direct evidence 0 same-protein records
Transferred evidence 12 records from similar proteins
Structural ligands 8 0 loaded crystals
Measured bioactivity 4 direct and transferred ChEMBL records
Proposed compounds 50 similarity-based ZINC candidates
Best available ligand signal
8X1 PDB via homolog 429.4 Da · LogP -3.23 · TPSA 203.8 Open detail RCSB PDB
91Y PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
ADN PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
ANP PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
DTT 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
8X1 RCSB PDB P07814 429.4 Da LogP -3.23 TPSA 203.8 1 viol. ✓ Clean c1nc(c2c(n1)n(cn2)[C@H]3[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O3)…
91Y RCSB PDB P07814 364.4 Da LogP 2.89 TPSA 84.0 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean c1ccc2c(c1)CC(C2)NC(=O)c3c(nccn3)NC(=O)C4CCCCC4
ADN RCSB PDB P07814 267.2 Da LogP -1.98 TPSA 139.5 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean c1nc(c2c(n1)n(cn2)[C@H]3[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O3)…
ANP RCSB PDB P07814 506.2 Da LogP -2.06 TPSA 281.9 3 viol. ✓ Clean c1nc(c2c(n1)n(cn2)[C@H]3[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O3)…
DTT RCSB PDB P13188 154.3 Da LogP -0.43 TPSA 40.5 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean C([C@@H]([C@H](CS)O)O)S
GSU RCSB PDB P00962 475.4 Da LogP -3.40 TPSA 255.1 2 viol. ✓ Clean c1nc(c2c(n1)n(cn2)[C@H]3[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O3)…
HFG RCSB PDB P07814 414.7 Da LogP 1.88 TPSA 84.2 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean c1c2c(cc(c1Cl)Br)N=CN(C2=O)CC(=O)C[C@@H]3[C@H](…
QSI RCSB PDB P00962 474.5 Da LogP -4.00 TPSA 260.9 2 viol. ✓ Clean c1nc(c2c(n1)n(cn2)[C@H]3[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O3)…

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.