Names & Taxonomy

Uniprot ID:
Q9UGM6
Entry Name:
SYWM_HUMAN
Status:
reviewed
Protein Names:
Tryptophan--tRNA ligase, mitochondrial (EC 6.1.1.2) ((Mt)TrpRS) (Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase) (TrpRS)
Gene Names:
WARS2
Gene Names Primary:
WARS2
Organism:
Homo sapiens (Human)

Structure

Length:
360
Sequence:
MALHSMRKARERWSFIRALHKGSAAAPALQKDSKKRVFSGIQPTGILHLGNYLGAIESWVRLQDEYDSVLYSIVDLHSITVPQDPAVLRQSILDMTAVLLACGINPEKSILFQQSQVSEHTQLSWILSCMVRLPRLQHLHQWKAKTTKQKHDGTVGLLTYPVLQAADILLYKSTHVPVGEDQVQHMELVQDLAQGFNKKYGEFFPVPESILTSMKKVKSLRDPSAKMSKSDPDKLATVRITDSPEEIVQKFRKAVTDFTSEVTYDPAGRAGVSNIVAVHAAVTGLSVEEVVRRSAGMNTARYKLAVADAVIEKFAPIKREIEKLKLDKDHLEKVLQIGSAKAKELAYTVCQEVKKLVGFL
Proteomes:
UP000005640

Subcellular location

Subcellular Location:
Mitochondrion matrix.

Function

Catalytic Activity:
ATP + L-tryptophan + tRNA(Trp) = AMP + diphosphate + L-tryptophyl-tRNA(Trp).
Cross Reference Drug Bank:
DB00150
Gene Ontology Go:
mitochondrial matrix
ATP binding
tryptophan-tRNA ligase activity
gene expression
tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation
tryptophanyl-tRNA aminoacylation
vasculogenesis
Gene Ontology Biological Process:
gene expression
tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation
tryptophanyl-tRNA aminoacylation
vasculogenesis
Gene Ontology Molecular Function:
ATP binding
tryptophan-tRNA ligase activity
Gene Ontology Cellular Component:
mitochondrial matrix
Keywords:
ATP-binding
Alternative splicing
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
Complete proteome
Ligase
Mitochondrion
Nucleotide-binding
Polymorphism
Protein biosynthesis
Reference proteome
Transit peptide

Publication

PubMed ID:
10828066 14702039 16710414 15489334 21269460 25944712