Gene Review:
NAM2 - leucine--tRNA ligase NAM2
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c
Synonyms:
L3502.6, LeuRS, Leucine--tRNA ligase, mitochondrial, Leucyl-tRNA synthetase, MSL1, ...
- Purification and characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial leucyl-tRNA synthetase. Zagorski, W., Castaing, B., Herbert, C.J., Labouesse, M., Martin, R., Slonimski, P.P. J. Biol. Chem. (1991)
- A prokaryote and human tRNA synthetase provide an essential RNA splicing function in yeast mitochondria. Houman, F., Rho, S.B., Zhang, J., Shen, X., Wang, C.C., Schimmel, P., Martinis, S.A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2000)
- The yeast nuclear gene NAM2 is essential for mitochondrial DNA integrity and can cure a mitochondrial RNA-maturase deficiency. Labouesse, M., Dujardin, G., Slonimski, P.P. Cell (1985)
- Three suppressor mutations which cure a mitochondrial RNA maturase deficiency occur at the same codon in the open reading frame of the nuclear NAM2 gene. Labouesse, M., Herbert, C.J., Dujardin, G., Slonimski, P.P. EMBO J. (1987)
- Divergence of the mitochondrial leucyl tRNA synthetase genes in two closely related yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces douglasii: a paradigm of incipient evolution. Herbert, C.J., Dujardin, G., Labouesse, M., Slonimski, P.P. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1988)
- Homology of yeast mitochondrial leucyl-tRNA synthetase and isoleucyl- and methionyl-tRNA synthetases of Escherichia coli. Tzagoloff, A., Akai, A., Kurkulos, M., Repetto, B. J. Biol. Chem. (1988)
- Regulation of the nuclear genes encoding the cytoplasmic and mitochondrial leucyl-tRNA synthetases of Neurospora crassa. Chow, C.M., Rajbhandary, U.L. Mol. Cell. Biol. (1989)
- An inserted region of leucyl-tRNA synthetase plays a critical role in group I intron splicing. Rho, S.B., Lincecum, T.L., Martinis, S.A. EMBO J. (2002)
- Association between Archaeal prolyl- and leucyl-tRNA synthetases enhances tRNA(Pro) aminoacylation. Praetorius-Ibba, M., Rogers, T.E., Samson, R., Kelman, Z., Ibba, M. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)