ADAT2

Catalytic subunit of the tRNA-specific adenosine-34 deaminase complex, composed of the ADAT2 catalytic subunit and the ADAT3 regulatory subunit, which deaminates adenosine-34 (the first, also called wobble position of the anticodon) to inosine in many tRNAs. Inosine-34 allows the decoding of 3 different nucleotides at the third position of mRNA codons, as inosine is able to pair with U, C, and A. Binding of the ADAT2-ADAT3 complex to tRNA is mediated by the N-terminus of ADAT3 which rotates with respect to the catalytic domain of the complex, formed by ADAT2 and the ADAT3 C-terminal domain, to position the tRNA anticodon stem-loop correctly in the ADAT2 active site. The ADAT2-ADAT3 complex is required for radial migration of projection neurons in the developing brain cortex, and the catalytic activity of the complex is necessary for this function..

Function from UniProtKB (Q7Z6V5), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.