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Overview

Uniprot IDQ9Y2Z4
Protein NameTyrosine--tRNA ligase, mitochondrial
Gene NameYARS2
OrganismHomo sapiens

Kla Sites from experimental identification

Position Flanking peptide
355 RLAAEVTKLVHGREG
49 QKARGLFKDFFPETG

Function

Catalyzes the attachment of tyrosine to tRNA(Tyr) in a two-step reaction: tyrosine is first activated by ATP to form Tyr-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of tRNA(Tyr)

Protein Sequence

10 MAAPILRSFS 20 WGRWSGTLNL 30 SVLLPLGLRK 40 AHSGAQGLLA 50 AQKARGLFKD 60 FFPETGTKIE 70 LPELFDRGTA 80 SFPQTIYCGF 90 DPTADSLHVG 100 HLLALLGLFH 110 LQRAGHNVIA 120 LVGGATARLG 130 DPSGRTKERE 140 ALETERVRAN 150 ARALRLGLEA 160 LAANHQQLFT 170 DGRSWGSFTV 180 LDNSAWYQKQ 190 HLVDFLAAVG 200 GHFRMGTLLS 210 RQSVQLRLKS 220 PEGMSLAEFF 230 YQVLQAYDFY 240 YLFQRYGCRV 250 QLGGSDQLGN 260 IMSGYEFINK 270 LTGEDVFGIT 280 VPLITSTTGA 290 KLGKSAGNAV 300 WLNRDKTSPF 310 ELYQFFVRQP 320 DDSVERYLKL 330 FTFLPLPEID 340 HIMQLHVKEP 350 ERRGPQKRLA 360 AEVTKLVHGR 370 EGLDSAKRCT 380 QALYHSSIDA 390 LEVMSDQELK 400 ELFKEAPFSE 410 FFLDPGTSVL 420 DTCRKANAIP 430 DGPRGYRMIT 440 EGGVSINHQQ 450 VTNPESVLIV 460 GQHILKNGLS 470 LLKIGKRNFY IIKWLQL

Gene Ontology

Classification GO ID Description
Cellular Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Cellular Component GO:0005759 mitochondrial matrix
Cellular Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Molecular Function GO:0005524 ATP binding
Molecular Function GO:0072545 L-tyrosine binding
Molecular Function GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
Molecular Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Molecular Function GO:0000049 tRNA binding
Molecular Function GO:0004831 tyrosine-tRNA ligase activity
Biological Process GO:0070184 mitochondrial tyrosyl-tRNA aminoacylation
Biological Process GO:0006412 translation
Biological Process GO:0043039 tRNA aminoacylation

Reference

[1] Yang Z, Yan C, Ma J, Peng P, Ren X et al.. Lactylome analysis suggests lactylation-dependent mechanisms of metabolic adaptation in hepatocellular carcinoma.. Nat Metab 5(1):61-79. 2023 Jan. PMID: 36593272.

[2] Shi CM, Wang QC, Li XL, Yang YH, Tang XY et al.. Global Profiling of Protein Lactylation in Human Hippocampi.. Proteomics Clin Appl 19(2):e202400061. 2025 Mar. PMID: 39610256.