AARS2

Alanyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial
Identifiers
Symbols AARS2 ; AARSL; COXPD8; LKENP; MT-ALARS; MTALARS
External IDs OMIM: 612035 MGI: 2681839 HomoloGene: 56897 GeneCards: AARS2 Gene
EC number 6.1.1.7
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 57505 224805
Ensembl ENSG00000124608 ENSMUSG00000023938
UniProt Q5JTZ9 Q14CH7
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_020745 NM_198608
RefSeq (protein) NP_065796 NP_941010
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
44.3 – 44.31 Mb
Chr 17:
45.51 – 45.52 Mb
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Alanyl—tRNA synthetase, mitochondrial, also known as alanine—tRNA ligase (AlaRS) or alanyl—tRNA synthetase 2 (AARS2), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the AARS2 gene.[1][2]

Clinical relevance

Mutations in the AARS2 gene result in infantile mitochondrial cardiomyopathies.[3]

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: alanyl-tRNA synthetase 2".
  2. Bonnefond L, Fender A, Rudinger-Thirion J, Giegé R, Florentz C, Sissler M (March 2005). "Toward the full set of human mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: characterization of AspRS and TyrRS". Biochemistry 44 (12): 4805–16. doi:10.1021/bi047527z. PMID 15779907.
  3. G?tz A, Tyynismaa H, Euro L, Ellonen P, Hy?tyl?inen T, Ojala T, H?m?l?inen RH, Tommiska J, Raivio T, Oresic M, Karikoski R, Tammela O, Simola KO, Paetau A, Tyni T, Suomalainen A (May 2011). "Exome Sequencing Identifies Mitochondrial Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase Mutations in Infantile Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy". Am J Hum Genet 88 (5): 635–42. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.04.006. PMC 3146718. PMID 21549344.

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