| ncRNA Symbol: | WARS2 | | Full Name: | tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial | | Category: | mRNA | | Synonyms: | NEMMLAS|TrpRS | | Chromosome: | chr1 | | Strand: | - | | Coordinate: | | Start Site(bp): | 119031216 | End Site(bp): | 119140671 | | | Gene Summary: | 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] | | External Links: | |
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