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Official Full Name: cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase 1
Also known as: CARS; MDBH; CYSRS; MCDDBH; MGC:11246
This gene encodes a class 1 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, cysteine-tRNA synthetase. Each of the 20 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases catalyzes the aminoacylation of a specific tRNA or tRNA isofamily with cognate amino acids. The gene is located near the imprinted gene region of chromosome 11p15.5, which is an important tumor suppressor gene region. Alterations in this region have been associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Wilms tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, and cancers of the lung, ovary, and breast. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants.