{"symbol":"WARS2","synonyms":["NEMMLAS","TRPRS"],"name":"tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial","description":"Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases catalyze the aminoacylation of tRNA by their cognate amino acid. Because of their central role in linking amino acids with nucleotide triplets contained in tRNAs, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are thought to be among the first proteins that appeared in evolution. Two forms of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase exist, a cytoplasmic form, named WARS, and a mitochondrial form, named WARS2. This gene encodes the mitochondrial tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase. Two alternative transcripts encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":10352,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/10352","proteins":[{"symbol":"SYWM_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/SYWM_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Aminoacyl+tRNA+synthetases"}]}