The process of coupling cysteine to cysteinyl-tRNA, catalyzed by cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase. A cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase is a class-I synthetase. The activated amino acid is transferred to the 2'-OH group of a cysteine-accetping tRNA. The 2'-O-aminoacyl-tRNA will ultimately migrate to the 3' position via transesterification.
glutaminyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
glutamyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
glycyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
histidyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
isoleucyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
leucyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
lysyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
methionyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
phenylalanyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
prolyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
seryl-tRNA aminoacylation +
threonyl-tRNA aminoacylation +
tRNA aminoacylation for mitochondrial protein translation +