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Main supporting evidence
Risks to review
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
- No hit
- Gut microbiome similarity
- 14.4% of screened genomes Lower prevalence suggests narrower overlap with the screened gut microbiome.
Essentiality
- Essential (DEG)
- Y
- DEG identity (%)
- 63.939 Higher values support similarity to known essential genes.
- DEG E-value
- 2.2300000000000002e-156 Smaller values mean stronger essential-gene similarity.
Structure confidence
- ColabFold pLDDT
- 97.36 0-100 confidence; >70 supports local structural interpretation.
Binding-site evidence
AlphaFold DB / UniProt modelP2Rank'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.
Sequence
Primary amino-acid sequence viewer.
MKTAYIAKQRQISFVKSHFSRQLEEKLGLIEVQAPILSRVGDGTQDNLSGCEKAVQVKVKTLPDAQFEVVHSLAKWKRQTLGQHDFSAGEGLYTHMKALRPDEDRLTPIHSVYVDQWDWERVMGDEERHVGTLKATVEAIYAGIKATELAVSQEFGLTPFLPEQIHFVHSQELLSRYPELDAKGRERAIAKELGAVFLIGIGGKLADGKRHDVRAPDYDDWSTEVSEGFAGLNGDILVWNPVLEDAFEISSMGIRVDAEALKRQLALTGDEDRLKLEWHQALLRGEMPQTIGGGIGQSRLTMLLLQLDHIGQVQCGVWPAQVRESVSALL
Functional annotations
Enzyme classification and Gene Ontology terms linked to this protein.
Subcellular localization
- Localization
- Cytoplasmic
Enzyme Commission (EC)
1Gene Ontology (GO)
6- GO:0005737 The contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures.
- GO:0004071 Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + L-aspartate + NH4+ = AMP + diphosphate + L-asparagine.
- GO:0006529 OBSOLETE. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of asparagine, 2-amino-3-carbamoylpropanoic acid.
- GO:0005829 The part of the cytoplasm that does not contain organelles but which does contain other particulate matter, such as protein complexes.
- GO:0005524 Binding to ATP, adenosine 5'-triphosphate, a universally important coenzyme and enzyme regulator.
- GO:0070981 The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of asparagine, (2S)-2-amino-3-carbamoylpropanoic acid.
Sequence domains and features
Domain and signature matches imported from InterPro and related databases.
Show feature table
| Start | End | DB | Term | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 330 | PANTHER | PTHR30073 | ASPARTATE--AMMONIA LIGASE |
| 3 | 330 | InterPro | IPR004618 | Aspartate--ammonia ligase |
| 1 | 329 | PIRSF | PIRSF001555 | Asp_ammon_ligase |
| 1 | 329 | InterPro | IPR004618 | Aspartate--ammonia ligase |
| 13 | 319 | ProSiteProfiles | PS50862 | Aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases class-II family profile. |
| 13 | 319 | InterPro | IPR006195 | Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, class II |
| 9 | 326 | CDD | cd00645 | AsnA |
| 9 | 326 | InterPro | IPR004618 | Aspartate--ammonia ligase |
| 9 | 244 | Pfam | PF03590 | Aspartate-ammonia ligase |
| 9 | 244 | InterPro | IPR004618 | Aspartate--ammonia ligase |
| 1 | 330 | Gene3D | G3DSA:3.30.930.10 | Bira Bifunctional Protein; Domain 2 |
| 1 | 330 | InterPro | IPR045864 | Class II Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase/Biotinyl protein ligase (BPL) and lipoyl protein ligase (LPL) |
| 7 | 327 | SUPERFAMILY | SSF55681 | Class II aaRS and biotin synthetases |
| 7 | 327 | InterPro | IPR045864 | Class II Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase/Biotinyl protein ligase (BPL) and lipoyl protein ligase (LPL) |
| 1 | 330 | NCBIfam | TIGR00669 | aspartate--ammonia ligase |
| 1 | 330 | InterPro | IPR004618 | Aspartate--ammonia ligase |
| 1 | 330 | Hamap | MF_00555 | Aspartate--ammonia ligase [asnA]. |
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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Binding pockets · P2Rank
Druggability (P2Rank): high ≥ 0.5 · medium 0.2–0.49 · low < 0.2
Binding pockets · FPocket
Druggability (FPocket): high ≥ 0.7 · medium 0.4–0.69 · low < 0.4
Binding pockets · P2Rank
Druggability (P2Rank): high ≥ 0.5 · medium 0.2–0.49 · low < 0.2
Binding pockets · FPocket
Druggability (FPocket): high ≥ 0.7 · medium 0.4–0.69 · low < 0.4
All structural evidence
Structural evidence
0 + 2Experimental 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 |
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AlphaFold DB
AF_A0A0H3GK03
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AlphaFold DB | — | — | full sequence | — | Viewing |
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ColabFold
KP13_31540
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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.
Only proposed virtual-screening candidates are available for this target.
Highest-confidence structural evidence: ligands co-crystallized with this exact protein. If the source PDB is loaded in Target, use Open crystal to inspect it in the structure viewer.
No PDB structure with a co-crystallized ligand found for this exact protein.
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.
No PDB ligands found through similar proteins.
Experimental bioactivity from ChEMBL measured directly on this protein. Score = pchembl (−log Ki/IC₅₀; higher = more potent).
No ChEMBL bioactivity data found for this exact protein.
Bioactivity inferred from similar proteins in ChEMBL. Score = pchembl (−log Ki/IC₅₀; higher = more potent).
No ChEMBL hits found through similar proteins.
Proposed virtual-screening candidates from ZINC. Score = Tanimoto similarity to a known binder (0–1; higher = more similar).
| Ligand | Tanimoto | MW · LogP · TPSA | Lipinski | PAINS | SMILES |
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| ZINC1730666 ZINC | 0.500 | 208.2 Da LogP -1.46 TPSA 126.6 | ✓ Ro5 | ✓ Clean |
N[C@@H](CSC[C@H](N)C(=O)O)C(=O)O
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| ZINC1730667 ZINC | 0.500 | 208.2 Da LogP -1.46 TPSA 126.6 | ✓ Ro5 | ✓ Clean |
N[C@H](CSC[C@H](N)C(=O)O)C(=O)O
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| ZINC1730669 ZINC | 0.500 | 208.2 Da LogP -1.46 TPSA 126.6 | ✓ Ro5 | ✓ Clean |
N[C@H](CSC[C@@H](N)C(=O)O)C(=O)O
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| ZINC2560966 ZINC | 0.500 | 231.3 Da LogP -1.59 TPSA 135.5 | ✓ Ro5 | ✓ Clean |
CC(C)[C@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](N)CC(N)=O)C(=O)O
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| ZINC3055005 ZINC | 0.500 | 204.2 Da LogP -0.63 TPSA 126.6 | ✓ Ro5 | ✓ Clean |
N[C@@H](CCCC[C@H](N)C(=O)O)C(=O)O
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| ZINC3055007 ZINC | 0.500 | 204.2 Da LogP -0.63 TPSA 126.6 | ✓ Ro5 | ✓ Clean |
N[C@@H](CCCC[C@@H](N)C(=O)O)C(=O)O
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| ZINC3055010 ZINC | 0.500 | 204.2 Da LogP -0.63 TPSA 126.6 | ✓ Ro5 | ✓ Clean |
N[C@H](CCCC[C@@H](N)C(=O)O)C(=O)O
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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.