SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Blackburn Stan (Last) (First) (Middle) 3545 JOHN HOPKINS COURT, SUITE 250 (Street) SAN DIEGO CA 92121 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/11/2017	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol aTYR PHARMA INC [ LIFE ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Prior Acting CFO	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 05/06/2015
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	11,805(1)	I	By the J. Stanhope and Karlene S. Blackburn Family Trust U.T.D. May 9, 2001(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The 93,901 shares previously reported on May 6, 2015 were not adjusted for a one-for-7.95413 reverse stock split of our common stock on May 5, 2015 in connection with our initial public offering. The pre-split number of shares was inadvertently reported rather than the post-split number of shares.

2. The Reporting Person is a co-trustee of the J. Stanhope Blackburn and Karlene S. Blackburn Family Trust U.T.D. May 9, 2001.

Remarks:

	Nancy D. Krueger, Attorney-In-Fact	05/11/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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