DARS (gene)

Aspartyl-tRNA synthetase
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols DARS ; HBSL; aspRS
External IDs OMIM: 603084 MGI: 2442544 HomoloGene: 1032 GeneCards: DARS Gene
EC number 6.1.1.12
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 1615 226414
Ensembl ENSG00000115866 ENSMUSG00000026356
UniProt P14868 Q922B2
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001293312 NM_145507
RefSeq (protein) NP_001280241 NP_663482
Location (UCSC) Chr 2:
135.91 – 135.99 Mb
Chr 1:
128.36 – 128.42 Mb
PubMed search

Aspartyl-tRNA synthetase, cytoplasmic is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DARS gene.[1][2]

Aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (DARS) is part of a multienzyme complex of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Aspartyl-tRNA synthetase charges its cognate tRNA with aspartate during protein biosynthesis.[2]

Clinical signficance

Mutations in DARS have been identified as the cause of leukoencephalopathy, hypomyelination with brain stem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity (HBSL).[3]

See also

References

  1. Jacobo-Molina A, Peterson R, Yang DC (Oct 1989). "cDNA sequence, predicted primary structure, and evolving amphiphilic helix of human aspartyl-tRNA synthetase". J Biol Chem 264 (28): 16608–12. PMID 2674137.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: DARS aspartyl-tRNA synthetase".
  3. Taft RJ, Vanderver A, Leventer RJ, Damiani SA, Simons C, Grimmond SM, Miller D, Schmidt J, Lockhart PJ, Pope K, Ru K, Crawford J, Rosser T, de Coo IF, Juneja M, Verma IC, Prabhakar P, Blaser S, Raiman J, Pouwels PJ, Bevova MR, Abbink TE, van der Knaap MS, Wolf NI. (2013). "Mutations in DARS cause hypomyelination with brain stem and spinal cord involvement and leg spasticity". American Journal of Human Genetics. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.04.006.

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