DARS (gene)

Aspartyl-tRNA synthetase
Identifiers
Symbols	DARS; DKFZp781B11202; MGC111579
External IDs	OMIM: 603084 MGI: 2442544 HomoloGene: 1032 GeneCards: DARS Gene
EC number	6.1.1.12
Gene Ontology Molecular function • nucleotide binding • nucleic acid binding • aminoacylase activity • aspartate-tRNA ligase activity • protein binding • ATP binding • ligase activity Cellular component • soluble fraction • nucleus • cytoplasm • cytosol • plasma membrane • nuclear membrane Biological process • translation • tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation • aspartyl-tRNA aminoacylation • protein complex assembly • gene expression Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	1615	226414
Ensembl	ENSG00000115866	ENSMUSG00000026356
UniProt	P14868	Q3TF87
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001349	NM_145507
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001340	NP_663482
Location (UCSC)	Chr 2: 136.66 – 136.74 Mb	Chr 1: 130.26 – 130.31 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

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

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.

See also

• Aspartate-tRNA ligase

Further reading

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• Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides.". Gene 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298. 
• Escalante C, Yang DC (1993). "Expression of human aspartyl-tRNA synthetase in Escherichia coli. Functional analysis of the N-terminal putative amphiphilic helix". J. Biol. Chem. 268 (8): 6014–23. PMID 8449960. 
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149. 
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• Rho SB, Kim MJ, Lee JS, et al. (1999). "Genetic dissection of protein-protein interactions in multi-tRNA synthetase complex". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 (8): 4488–93. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.8.4488. PMC 16359. PMID 10200289. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=16359. 
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