About Cysteine--tRNA ligase, cytoplasmic
Cysteine--tRNA ligase, cytoplasmic (CARS1) is a protein
from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession
P49589, 748 residues long.
MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and
163 disease associations.
Target properties
| Protein name | Cysteine--tRNA ligase, cytoplasmic |
| UniProt accession | P49589 |
| Gene | CARS1 |
| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Length | 748 residues |
| Molecular weight | — |
| EC numbers | — |
| Target class | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Subcellular location | — |
| Keywords | — |
Druggability
Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug
| Druggability tier | MEDIUM |
| Druggability score | — |
| Pocket score | — |
| Max clinical phase | — |
Approved drugs hitting this target (2)
DrugCentral-linked approved drugs that act on this protein.
Disease associations (163)
Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).
- microcephaly, developmental delay, and brittle hair syndrome · score 0.61
- cancer · score 0.47
- kidney neoplasm · score 0.37
- breast ductal adenocarcinoma · score 0.37
- lymphoid neoplasm · score 0.37
- colorectal adenocarcinoma · score 0.37
- skin squamous cell carcinoma · score 0.37
- cutaneous melanoma · score 0.37
- lung carcinoma · score 0.37
- Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma · score 0.37
3D Structure (1)
Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.
| Structure | Source | Method | Mean pLDDT | Resolution (Å) |
| AF-P49589-F1 | alphafold | PREDICTED | 89.65 | — |
Amino-acid sequence (748 residues)
MADSSGQQGK GRRVQPQWSP PAGTQPCRLH LYNSLTRNKE VFIPQDGKKV TWYCCGPTVY DASHMGHARS YISFDILRRV LKDYFKFDVF YCMNITDIDD KIIKRARQNH LFEQYREKRP EAAQLLEDVQ AALKPFSVKL NETTDPDKKQ MLERIQHAVQ LATEPLEKAV QSRLTGEEVN SCVEVLLEEA KDLLSDWLDS TLGCDVTDNS IFSKLPKFWE GDFHRDMEAL NVLPPDVLTR VSEYVPEIVN FVQKIVDNGY GYVSNGSVYF DTAKFASSEK HSYGKLVPEA VGDQKALQEG EGDLSISADR LSEKRSPNDF ALWKASKPGE PSWPCPWGKG RPGWHIECSA MAGTLLGASM DIHGGGFDLR FPHHDNELAQ SEAYFENDCW VRYFLHTGHL TIAGCKMSKS LKNFITIKDA LKKHSARQLR LAFLMHSWKD TLDYSSNTME SALQYEKFLN EFFLNVKDIL RAPVDITGQF EKWGEEEAEL NKNFYDKKTA IHKALCDNVD TRTVMEEMRA LVSQCNLYMA ARKAVRKRPN QALLENIALY LTHMLKIFGA VEEDSSLGFP VGGPGTSLSL EATVMPYLQV LSEFREGVRK IAREQKVPEI LQLSDALRDN ILPELGVRFE DHEGLPTVVK LVDRNTLLKE REEKRRVEEE KRKKKEEAAR RKQEQEAAKL AKMKIPPSEM FLSETDKYSK FDENGLPTHD MEGKELSKGQ AKKLKKLFEA QEKLYKEYLQ MAQNGSFQ
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