VARS2

VARS2
Identifiers
Aliases	VARS2, COXPD20, VALRS, VARS2L, VARSL, valyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial
External IDs	OMIM: 612802; MGI: 1916165; HomoloGene: 57502; GeneCards: VARS2; OMA:VARS2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 6 (human)
End	30,926,459 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 17 (mouse)
End	35,978,484 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right hemisphere of cerebellum; ; ventricular zone; ; ganglionic eminence; ; apex of heart; ; right frontal lobe; ; right lobe of liver; ; sural nerve; ; caudate nucleus; ; nucleus accumbens; ; putamen;
	Top expressed in
	zygote; ; epithelium of stomach; ; otic vesicle; ; neural layer of retina; ; thymus; ; hand; ; secondary oocyte; ; ventricular zone; ; epiblast; ; superior frontal gyrus;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	aminoacyl-tRNA ligase activity; nucleotide binding; valine-tRNA ligase activity; ligase activity; protein binding; ATP binding; aminoacyl-tRNA editing activity;
Cellular component	mitochondrion; cytosol;
Biological process	protein biosynthesis; tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation; valyl-tRNA aminoacylation; aminoacyl-tRNA metabolism involved in translational fidelity;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	57176
	68915
ENSG00000137411; ENSG00000206476; ENSG00000234032; ENSG00000230985; ENSG00000236178;
	ENSG00000223494
	ENSMUSG00000038838
	Q5ST30
	Q3U2A8
	NM_020442; NM_001167733; NM_001167734
	NM_175137
	NP_001161205; NP_001161206; NP_065175
	NP_780346
	Wikidata
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Valyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VARS2 gene.