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

valyl-tRNA synthetase (VARS), valyl-tRNA synthetase (Vars), valyl-tRNA synthetase (vars), Valyl-tRNA synthetase (Aats-val), hypothetical protein (MW0078), valyl-tRNA synthetase (Pnap_3169), valyl-tRNA synthetase (valS), valyl-tRNA synthetase (Fnod_0343), valyl-tRNA synthetase (Cyan7425_1070), valyl-tRNA synthetase (Tola_0553), valyl-tRNA synthetase (Slip_0680), valyl-tRNA synthetase (Astex_3136), valyl-tRNA synthetase (ML5_3395), N-acetyltransferase 2 (arylamine N-acetyltransferase) (NAT2)

Other aliases include:

G7A, VARS1, VARS2, G7a, Bat6, Vars2, D17H6S56E, vars1, vars2, CHUNP6879, im:7137378, wu:fb07a11, wu:fb07d10, VARS, VARSL, VARS2L, KIAA1885, TrsVal, BEST:LD45671, CG4062, DmelCG4062, l(2)03531, l(2)rI255, ld45671, ValRS, VRS, AAC2, PNAT, ECK4251, JW4215, val-act

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

valyl-tRNA synthetase – valyl-tRNA synthetase 2 – valine tRNA ligase 1, cytoplasmic – valyl-tRNA synthetase 1 – valyl-tRNA synthetase like – valyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial (putative) – valyl-tRNA synthetase 2-like – Valyl-tRNA synthetase, mitochondrial – valyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial – Valyl-tRNA synthetase, isoform B – CG4062-PB – Aats-val-PB – Valyl-tRNA synthetase, isoform A – CG4062-PA – Aats-val-PA – hypothetical protein – valyl-tRNA synthetase, mitochondrial-like – N-acetyltransferase 2 – arylamide acetylase 2

Valyl-tRNA Synthetase fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – NF-kappaB binding – ligase activity – nucleotide binding – protein binding – valine-tRNA ligase activity – aminoacyl-tRNA ligase activity – glutamate-tRNA ligase activity – acetyltransferase activity – arylamine N-acetyltransferase activity – transferase activity

Valyl-tRNA Synthetase is relevant to the following processes:

defense response – response to nutrient – response to unfolded protein – translational elongation – valyl-tRNA aminoacylation – tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation – translation – metabolic process

Locations for Valyl-tRNA Synthetase:

cytoplasm – cytosol – intracellular – mitochondrion – protein complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology