NARS (gene)

Asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase
Identifiers
Symbols NARS ; ASNRS; NARS1
External IDs OMIM: 108410 MGI: 1917473 HomoloGene: 68404 GeneCards: NARS Gene
EC number 6.1.1.22
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4677 70223
Ensembl ENSG00000134440 ENSMUSG00000024587
UniProt O43776 Q8BP47
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004539 NM_001142950
RefSeq (protein) NP_004530 NP_001136422
Location (UCSC) Chr 18:
57.6 – 57.62 Mb
Chr 18:
64.5 – 64.52 Mb
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Asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase, cytoplasmic is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NARS gene.[1][2][3]

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are a class of enzymes that charge tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. Asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase is localized to the cytoplasm and belongs to the class II family of tRNA synthetases. The N-terminal domain represents the signature sequence for the eukaryotic asparaginyl-tRNA synthetases.[3]

References

  1. Cirullo RE, Arredondo-Vega FX, Smith M, Wasmuth JJ (May 1983). "Isolation and characterization of interspecific heat-resistant hybrids between a temperature-sensitive chinese hamster cell asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase mutant and normal human leukocytes: assignment of human asnS gene to chromosome 18". Somatic Cell Genet 9 (2): 215–33. doi:10.1007/BF01543178. PMID 6836455.
  2. Beaulande M, Tarbouriech N, Hartlein M (Feb 1998). "Human cytosolic asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase: cDNA sequence, functional expression in Escherichia coli and characterization as human autoantigen". Nucleic Acids Res 26 (2): 521–4. doi:10.1093/nar/26.2.521. PMC 147268. PMID 9421509.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NARS asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase".

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