Entrez 7407 | Ensembl n/a | |
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Aliases VARS, G7A, VARS1, VARS2, valyl-tRNA synthetase External IDs MGI: 90675 HomoloGene: 4587 GeneCards: VARS |
Valyl-tRNA synthetase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the VARS gene.
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. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family and is located in the class III region of the major histocompatibility complex.
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