FARSA (gene)

FARSA
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	3L4G
Identifiers
Aliases	FARSA, CML33, FARSL, FARSLA, FRSA, PheHA, phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase alpha subunit, phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase subunit alpha, RILDBC2
External IDs	OMIM: 602918; MGI: 1913840; HomoloGene: 3280; GeneCards: FARSA; OMA:FARSA - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 19 (human)
End	12,934,037 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (mouse)
End	85,595,886 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	prefrontal cortex; ; mucosa of transverse colon; ; right frontal lobe; ; cingulate gyrus; ; anterior cingulate cortex; ; Brodmann area 9; ; Brodmann area 10; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; apex of heart; ; ganglionic eminence;
	Top expressed in
	spermatocyte; ; spermatid; ; embryo; ; morula; ; embryo; ; ventricular zone; ; neural layer of retina; ; blastocyst; ; yolk sac; ; lip;
	More reference expression data
	; ;
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	aminoacyl-tRNA ligase activity; tRNA binding; nucleotide binding; ligase activity; protein binding; ATP binding; phenylalanine-tRNA ligase activity; RNA binding;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; cytosol; membrane; phenylalanine-tRNA ligase complex;
Biological process	tRNA aminoacylation; protein biosynthesis; protein heterotetramerization; tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation; phenylalanyl-tRNA aminoacylation;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	2193
	66590
	ENSG00000179115
	ENSMUSG00000003808
	Q9Y285
	Q8C0C7
	NM_004461
	NM_025648
	NP_004452
	NP_079924
	Wikidata
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Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase alpha chain is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FARSA gene.

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are a class of enzymes that charge tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. This gene encodes a product which is similar to the catalytic subunit of prokaryotic and Saccharomyces cerevisiae phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetases (PheRS). This gene product has been shown to be expressed in a tumor-selective and cell cycle stage- and differentiation-dependent manner, the first member of the tRNA synthetase gene family shown to exhibit this type of regulated expression