NCBI Accession #
NP_175439.2
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_103905.4
NCBI Official Full Name
Alanyl-tRNA synthetase
NCBI Official Symbol
ALATS
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ACD; Alanyl-tRNA synthetase; ALARS; F14I3.17; F14I3_17
NCBI Protein Information
Alanyl-tRNA synthetase
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
ALARS; AlaRS
UniProt Protein Name
Alanine--tRNA ligase
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Alanyl-tRNA synthetase
UniProt Primary Accession #
P36428
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O04159; Q8GUG2; Q9SX40
UniProt Related Accession #
P36428
UniProt Comments
Catalyzes the attachment of alanine to tRNA(Ala) in a two-step reaction: alanine is first activated by ATP to form Ala-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of tRNA(Ala). Also edits incorrectly charged tRNA(Ala) via its editing domain.