Density-independent factors limit population size regardless of the population’s density.

Common density-independent factors include natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and fires.

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Normally there are 20 AATS exclusively specific for specific amino acid.

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There are two class of AATS.
1.Class I – that transfer amino acid at 2’ OH and then 3’ OH &
2. Class II – that directly transfer the amino acid to 3’ OH

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Class I AATS are generally monomer and rarely dimer.

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Class II AATS are generally dimer and rarely tetramer.

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Class I and Class II aminoacyl–tRNA synthetases differ in several ways: Structural motifs, Anticodon recognition, Site of aminoacylation, Amino acid specificity.

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The Class I enzymes share two homologous polypeptide segments that are components of a dinucleotide-binding fold (Rossmann fold, which is also present in many NAD+- and ATP-binding proteins.