HAMAP

Accession	MF_01390
Dates	9-SEP-2008 (Created) 25-NOV-2009 (Last updated, Version 4)

Data class

Protein

Predictors

HAMAP; MF_01390; [distribution of match scores in UniProtKB];[seed alignment for MF_01390]

Names

MatK

Identifier

MATK

Protein name

RecName: Full=Maturase K; AltName: Full=Intron maturase;

Gene name

matK

FUNCTION: Usually encoded in the trnK tRNA gene intron. Probably assists in splicing its own and other chloroplast group II introns (By similarity).

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Plastid, chloroplast.

SIMILARITY: Belongs to the intron maturase 2 family. MatK subfamily.

Pfam	PF01348; Intron_maturas2; 1; PF01824; MatK_N; 1;

mRNA processing, RNA-binding, tRNA processing.

GO:0008380; Biological process: RNA splicing.
GO:0009507; Cellular component: chloroplast.

Size range:	370-565 amino acids
Related UniRules:	None
Template:	P17158 (MATK_HORVU); P09364 (MATK_SINAL): [Recover all]
Scope:	Plastid
Fusion:	Nter: None; Cter: None
Duplicate:	None
Plasmid encoded:	None
Comments:	Position 420 has been shown to be edited in barley (His to Tyr), a change that has been propagated to other Poales.