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. 2017 Feb 9;7(1):6. doi: 10.3390/life7010006

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Amino acid:coenzyme A (CoA-SH) ligase activity of MetRS. When the active site is occupied by Met-tRNA or Met-AMP, and the thiol subsite is occupied by CoA-SH, MetRS catalyzes the formation of Met-S-CoA thioester. An R represents the bulk of CoA-SH or other thiol molecule.