Tyrosine--tRNA ligase, mitochondrial

Definition:

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).

References:

[1]. Luc Bonnefond, et al. Crystal structure of human mitochondrial tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase reveals common and idiosyncratic features. Structure. 2007 Nov;15(11):1505-16. [Content Brief]

[2]. Luc Bonnefond, et al. Toward the full set of human mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: characterization of AspRS and TyrRS. Biochemistry. 2005 Mar 29;44(12):4805-16. [Content Brief]

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