SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SCHIMMEL PAUL (Last) (First) (Middle) 3545 JOHN HOPKINS COURT, SUITE #250 (Street) SAN DIEGO CA 92121 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol aTYR PHARMA INC [ LIFE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/31/2017
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock								40,440	D
Common Stock	08/31/2017		P		94,336(1)	A	$2.65(1)	377,917	I	See Footnote(2)
Common Stock								721,814	I	See Footnote(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock	$4.64	08/31/2017		P		35,376(1)		08/31/2017	12/31/2019	Common Stock	35,376	(1)	35,376	I	See Footnote(2)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares acquired in a private placement pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 27, 2017 by and among the Company and select group of institutional and accredited investors named therein (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, investors purchased common stock units for $2.65 per common stock unit. Each common stock unit consisted of one share of the Company's Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 0.375 shares of the Company's Common Stock.

2. These shares are owned directly by Paul Schimmel Prototype PSP, Paul Schimmel Trustee, FBO Paul Schimmel. The Reporting Person is the sole owner of the Paul Schimmel Prototype PSP, Paul Schimmel Trustee, FBO Paul Schimmel, which was incorrectly reported as Paul R. Schimmel Prototype PSP on past Form 4s filed by the Reporting Person.

3. There shares are owned directly by Schimmel Revocable Trust U/A Dtd 9/6/2000. The Reporting Person and his spouse are trustees of the Schimmel Revocable Trust U/A Dtd 9/6/2000.

Remarks:

	Nancy D. Krueger, Attorney-in-Fact	09/05/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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