aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activity, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase auxiliary protein activity, ligase activity, forming aminoacyl-tRNA and related compounds
Alternate IDs
GO:0017100, GO:0016876
Definition
Catalysis of the formation of aminoacyl-tRNA from ATP, amino acid, and tRNA with the release of diphosphate and AMP.
Source:ISBN:0198506732
Comment
Note that the bond resulting from this reaction is a carboxylic acid ester bond, linking the alpha carboxyl group of the amino acid to either the 2' or 3' hydroxyl of the 3'- terminal adenyl residue of the tRNA.