The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase across different species:

leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LARS), Leucyl-tRNA synthetase (Aats-leu), leucyl-tRNA synthetase (AT1G09620), leucyl-tRNA synthetase (leuS), leucine-tRNA ligase (mleuS)

Other aliases include:

LRS, LEUS, LARS1, LEURS, PIG44, RNTLS, HSPC192, hr025Cl, FLJ10595, FLJ21788, KIAA1352, CG7479, DmelCG7479, LeuRS, F21M12.1, F21M12_1

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase:

leucyl-tRNA synthetase – leucine translase – leucine-tRNA ligase – proliferation-inducing gene 44 – cytosolic leucyl-tRNA synthetase – cytoplasmic leucyl-tRNA synthetase – leucine tRNA ligase 1, cytoplasmic – Leucyl-tRNA synthetase – CG7479-PA – Aats-leu-PA – leucine-tRNA ligase, mitochondrial – leucyl-tRNA synthetase, mitochondrial

Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – leucine-tRNA ligase activity – ligase activity – nucleotide binding – aminoacyl-tRNA ligase activity – mRNA binding

Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase is relevant to the following processes:

leucyl-tRNA aminoacylation – lysosome organization – tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation – translation – Group I intron splicing

Locations for Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase:

cytoplasm – cytosol – mitochondrial matrix – mitochondrion – chloroplast – plasmodesma

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology