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Wobble modification deficiency in mutant tRNAs in patients with mitochondrial diseases

2005/04/29 by Takehiro Yasukawa, Yohei Kirino, Norie Ishii +8 · 23 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #RNA modifications and cancer #Mitochondrial Function and Pathology #ATP Synthase and ATPases Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2005.04.038

Abstract

Point mutations in mitochondrial (mt) tRNA genes are associated with a variety of human mitochondrial diseases. We have shown previously that mt tRNA(Leu(UUR)) with a MELAS A3243G mutation and mt tRNA(Lys) with a MERRF A8344G mutation derived from HeLa background cybrid cells are deficient in normal taurine-containing modifications [taum(5)(s(2))U; 5-taurinomethyl-(2-thio)uridine] at the anticodon wobble position in both cases. The wobble modification deficiency results in defective translation. We report here wobble modification deficiencies of mutant mt tRNAs from cybrid cells with different nuclear backgrounds, as well as from patient tissues. These findings demonstrate the generality of the wobble modification deficiency in mutant tRNAs in MELAS and MERRF.

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