Glutamate--tRNA ligase, cytoplasmic

UniProtKB accession:  P46655

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UniProtKB description:  Catalyzes the attachment of glutamate to tRNA(Glu) in a two-step reaction: glutamate is first activated by ATP to form Glu-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of tRNA(Glu). In mitochondria, constitutes the nondiscriminating glutamyl-tRNA synthase that generates the mitochondrial mischarged glutamyl-tRNA(Gln) substrate for the tRNA-dependent amidotransferase (AdT), which generates mitochondrial glutaminyl-tRNA(Gln) by transamidation of glutamyl-tRNA(Gln).