AARSD1 belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family, Alax-L subfamily. AARSD1 binds 1 zinc ion per subunit functions in trans to edit the amino acid moiety from incorrectly charged tRNA(Ala). Four transcript variants have been described for AARSD1: NM_025267.3, NM_001136042.2, NM_001142653.1 and NM_001142654.1. It has been determined that the latter two variants represent a distinct upstream locus, which is now represented by GeneID:100885848 (PTGES3L), while the former two variants represent readthrough transcripts between PTGES3L and this locus (AARSD1). The readthrough locus (PTGES3L-AARSD1) is now represented by GeneID:100885850.