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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 374, Issue -, Pages 131-136Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030222
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mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); mitochondrial translation; myoclonus epilepsy with ragged red fibres (MERRF)
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA-85700] Funding Source: Medline
- NEI NIH HHS [EY10804] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM55766] Funding Source: Medline
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Mutations in human mitochondrial tRNA genes cause a number of multisystemic disorders. A G-to-A transition at position 8313 (G8313A) in the mitochondrial tRNA(Lys) gene has been associated with a childhood syndrome characterized by gastrointestinal-system involvement and encephaloneuropathy. We have used transmitochondrial cybrid clones harbouring patient-derived mitochondrial DNA with the G8313A mutation for the study of the molecular pathogenesis. Our results showed that mutant mitochondrial cybrids respired poorly, and had severely defective mitochondrial protein synthesis and respiratory-chain-enzyme activity. Mutant cybrids also showed a marked decrease in tRNA(Lys) steady-state levels and aminoacylation, suggesting that these molecular abnormalities may underlie the pathogenesis of the mitochondrial G8313A mutation.
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