IARS

For other uses, see IARS (disambiguation).
Isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase
Identifiers
Symbols IARS ; IARS1; ILERS; ILRS; IRS; PRO0785
External IDs OMIM: 600709 MGI: 2145219 HomoloGene: 5325 ChEMBL: 3235 GeneCards: IARS Gene
EC number 6.1.1.5
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3376 105148
Ensembl ENSG00000196305 ENSMUSG00000037851
UniProt P41252 Q8BU30
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_002161 NM_172015
RefSeq (protein) NP_002152 NP_742012
Location (UCSC) Chr 9:
92.21 – 92.29 Mb
Chr 13:
49.68 – 49.73 Mb
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Isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase, cytoplasmic is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the IARS gene.[1][2]

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. Isoleucine-tRNA synthetase belongs to the class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family and has been identified as a target of autoantibodies in the autoimmune disease polymyositis/dermatomyositis. Two alternatively spliced variants have been isolated that represent alternate 5' UTRs.[2]

Interactions

IARS has been shown to interact with EPRS.[3]

References

  1. Nichols RC, Blinder J, Pai SI, Ge Q, Targoff IN, Plotz PH, Liu P (Feb 1997). "Assignment of two human autoantigen genes-isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase locates to 9q21 and lysyl-tRNA synthetase locates to 16q23-q24". Genomics 36 (1): 210–3. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0449. PMID 8812440.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: IARS isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase".
  3. Rho, S B; Lee J S; Jeong E J; Kim K S; Kim Y G; Kim S (May 1998). "A multifunctional repeated motif is present in human bifunctional tRNA synthetase". J. Biol. Chem. (UNITED STATES) 273 (18): 11267–73. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.18.11267. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 9556618.

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