title: Cloning of a human cDNA encoding a protein with high homology to yeast methionyl-tRNA synthetase.
abstract: A composite 2779-bp cDNA that encodes human cytoplasmic methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS) has been constructed from partial cDNA clones derived from the gastric carcinoma cell line EPG85-257RNOV and the nucleotide sequence has been determined. The open reading frame (ORF) encodes a 900 amino acid (aa) protein with a predicted molecular mass of 101 kDa. Northern blotting analysis of total RNA extracted from human gastric carcinoma cells demonstrated a single band with a mobility corresponding to a size of 3.0 kb.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Charité, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lage
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dietel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008718:Methionine-tRNA Ligase / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008718:Methionine-tRNA Ligase