Category:GO:0004479 ! methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase activity

name: methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase activity
namespace: molecular_function
alt_id: GO:0001718
alt_id: GO:0070128
def: "Catalysis of the reaction: 10-formyltetrahydrofolate + L-methionyl-tRNA + H2O = tetrahydrofolate + N-formylmethionyl-tRNA." [EC:2.1.2.9]
synonym: "10-formyltetrahydrofolate:L-methionyl-tRNA N-formyltransferase activity" RELATED [EC:2.1.2.9]
synonym: "conversion of met-tRNAf to fmet-tRNA" RELATED [GO:curators]
synonym: "conversion of mitochondrial met-tRNAf to fmet-tRNA" RELATED [GO:curators]
synonym: "formylmethionyl-transfer ribonucleic synthetase activity" RELATED [EC:2.1.2.9]
synonym: "methionyl ribonucleic formyltransferase activity" RELATED [EC:2.1.2.9]
synonym: "methionyl-transfer ribonucleate methyltransferase activity" RELATED [EC:2.1.2.9]
synonym: "methionyl-transfer ribonucleic transformylase activity" RELATED [EC:2.1.2.9]
synonym: "methionyl-transfer RNA transformylase activity" RELATED [EC:2.1.2.9]
synonym: "methionyl-tRNA Met formyltransferase activity" RELATED [EC:2.1.2.9]
synonym: "methionyl-tRNA transformylase activity" RELATED [EC:2.1.2.9]
synonym: "mitochondrial N-terminal peptidyl-methionine N-formylation" RELATED [GO:curators]
synonym: "N(10)-formyltetrahydrofolic-methionyl-transfer ribonucleic transformylase activity" RELATED [EC:2.1.2.9]
synonym: "N-terminal peptidyl-methionine N-formylation" RELATED [GO:curators]
synonym: "N10-formyltetrahydrofolic-methionyl-transfer ribonucleic transformylase activity" RELATED [EC:2.1.2.9]
xref: EC:2.1.2.9
xref: MetaCyc:METHIONYL-TRNA-FORMYLTRANSFERASE-RXN
xref: RHEA:24380
is_a: GO:0016742 ! hydroxymethyl-, formyl- and related transferase activity
is_a: GO:0140101 ! catalytic activity, acting on a tRNA
relationship: part_of: GO:0006413 ! translational initiation
relationship: part_of: GO:0071951 ! conversion of methionyl-tRNA to N-formyl-methionyl-tRNA

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0004479</GOterm>
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