Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a sentence. You are expected to recognize the name of gene or protein. Although there might be several correct answers, you need to write one of them.
Q: The amino acid sequence of the protein encoded by MSK1 is homologous to yeast cytoplasmic lysyl - tRNA synthetase and to the product of the herC gene , which has recently been suggested to code for the Escherichia coli enzyme .
A:
herC gene