QARS

Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase
Identifiers
Symbols QARS; GLNRS; PRO2195
External IDs OMIM603727 MGI1915851 HomoloGene3704 GeneCards: QARS Gene
EC number 6.1.1.18
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 5859 97541
Ensembl ENSG00000172053 ENSMUSG00000032604
UniProt P47897 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005051 NM_133794
RefSeq (protein) NP_005042 NP_598555
Location (UCSC) Chr 3:
49.13 – 49.14 Mb
Chr 9:
108.41 – 108.42 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the QARS gene.[1][2][3]

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. In metazoans, 9 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases specific for glutamine (gln), glutamic acid (glu), and 7 other amino acids are associated within a multienzyme complex. Although present in eukaryotes, glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase (QARS) is absent from many prokaryotes, mitochondria, and chloroplasts, in which Gln-tRNA(Gln) is formed by transamidation of the misacylated Glu-tRNA(Gln). Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase belongs to the class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family.[3]

Interactions

QARS has been shown to interact with RARS.[4]

References

  1. ^ Lamour V, Quevillon S, Diriong S, N'Guyen VC, Lipinski M, Mirande M (Oct 1994). "Evolution of the Glx-tRNA synthetase family: the glutaminyl enzyme as a case of horizontal gene transfer". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91 (18): 8670–8674. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.18.8670. PMC 44668. PMID 8078941. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=44668. 
  2. ^ Durkin ME, Jager AC, Khurana TS, Nielsen FC, Albrechtsen R, Wewer UM (Jul 1999). "Characterization of the human laminin beta2 chain locus (LAMB2): linkage to a gene containing a nonprocessed, transcribed LAMB2-like pseudogene (LAMB2L) and to the gene encoding glutaminyl tRNA synthetase (QARS)". Cytogenet Cell Genet 84 (3–4): 173–178. doi:10.1159/000015249. PMID 10393422. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: QARS glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=5859. 
  4. ^ Kim, T; Park S G, Kim J E, Seol W, Ko Y G, Kim S (Jul. 2000). "Catalytic peptide of human glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase is essential for its assembly to the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complex". J. Biol. Chem. (UNITED STATES) 275 (28): 21768–21772. doi:10.1074/jbc.M002404200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 10801842. 

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