MARS (gene)

Methionyl-tRNA synthetase

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Available structures
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Identifiers
Symbols MARS ; CMT2U; ILFS2; ILLD; METRS; MRS; MTRNS; SPG70
External IDs OMIM: 156560 MGI: 1345633 HomoloGene: 90878 ChEMBL: 2870 GeneCards: MARS Gene
EC number 6.1.1.10
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4141 216443
Ensembl ENSG00000166986 ENSMUSG00000040354
UniProt P56192 Q68FL6
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004990 NM_001003913
RefSeq (protein) NP_004981 NP_001003913
Location (UCSC) Chr 12:
57.48 – 57.52 Mb
Chr 10:
127.3 – 127.31 Mb
PubMed search

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

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are a class of enzymes that charge tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the class I family of tRNA synthetases.[2]

References

  1. Ubeda M, Schmitt-Ney M, Ferrer J, Habener JF (Sep 1999). "CHOP/GADD153 and methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS) genes overlap in a conserved region that controls mRNA stability". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 262 (1): 31–8. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.1140. PMID 10448063.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: MARS methionyl-tRNA synthetase".

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