Gene: WARS2

Alternate names for this Gene: NEMMLAS|TrpRS|mtTrpRS

Gene Summary: 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. 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.

Gene is located in Chromosome: 1

Location in Chromosome : 1p12

Description of this Gene: tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial

Type of Gene: protein-coding

Gene: WARS2-IT1

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rs12132168 in WARS2;WARS2-IT1 gene and Body Height PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.