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Gene information for WARS2 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID10352
Official gene symbolWARS2
Full nametryptophanyl tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial
Aliases,TrpRS,
Gene summaryAminoacyl-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]
LocationChromosome: 1   Locus: 1p13.3-p13.1
Gene position119683295 - 119573839  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size109457 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID604733