WARS2

Function

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases catalyze the aminoacylation of tRNA by their cognate amino acid. Because of their central role in linking amino acids with nucleotide triplets contained in tRNAs, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are thought to be among the first proteins that appeared in evolution. Two forms of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase exist, a cytoplasmic form, named WARS, and a mitochondrial form, named WARS2. This gene encodes the mitochondrial tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase. Two alternative transcripts encoding different isoforms have been described.[7]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000116874 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000004233 - Ensembl, May 2017
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  5. Martinez-Dominguez MT, Justesen J, Kruse TA, Hansen LL (Mar 1999). "Assignment of the human mitochondrial tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (WARS2) to 1p13.3→p13.1 by radiation hybrid mapping". Cytogenet Cell Genet. 83 (3–4): 249–50. doi:10.1159/000015196. PMID 10072595. S2CID 28931531.
  6. Jorgensen R, Søgaard TM, Rossing AB, Martensen PM, Justesen J (Jul 2000). "Identification and characterization of human mitochondrial tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase". J Biol Chem. 275 (22): 16820–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.22.16820. PMID 10828066.
  7. "Entrez Gene: WARS2 tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial".

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