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ArticleAmerican journal of human genetics2010

A major determinant for binding and aminoacylation of tRNA(Ala) in cytoplasmic Alanyl-tRNA synthetase is mutated in dominant axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Philippe Latour, Christel Thauvin-Robinet, Chantal Baudelet-Méry, Pierre Soichot, Veronica Cusin, Laurence Faivre, Marie-Claire Locatelli, Martine Mayençon, Annie Sarcey, Emmanuel Broussolle and 3 more

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Article in American journal of human genetics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 144 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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144 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 227 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Philippe LatourDépartement de Biochimie, Centre de Biologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France. philippe.latour@chu-lyon.fr
Christel Thauvin-Robinet
Chantal Baudelet-Méry
Pierre Soichot
Veronica Cusin
Laurence Faivre
Marie-Claire Locatelli
Martine Mayençon
Annie Sarcey
Emmanuel Broussolle
William Camu
Albert David
Robert Rousson
Hospices Civils de Lyon · FRHôpital d'Enfants · FRCHU Dijon Bourgogne · FRHôpital Gui de Chauliac · FRHôpital Mère-Enfant · FRUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common cause of inherited peripheral neuropathy, with an estimated frequency of 1/2500. We studied a large family with 17 patients affected by the axonal form of CMT (CMT2). Analysis of the 15 genes or loci known to date was negative. Genome-wide genotyping identified a CMT2 locus in 16q21-q23 between D16S3050 and D16S3106. The maximum two-point LOD score was 4.77 at theta = 0 for marker D16S3050. Sequencing of candidate genes identified a unique mutation, c.986G>A (p.Arg329His), affecting a totally conserved amino acid in the helical domain of cytoplasmic alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS). A second family with the same mutation and a different founder was then identified in a cohort of 91 CMT2 families. Although mislocation of mutant Arg329His-AlaRS in axons remains to be evaluated, experimental data point mostly to a quantitative reduction in tRNA(Ala) aminoacylation. Aminoacylation and editing functions closely cooperate in AlaRS, and Arg329His mutation could also lead to qualitative errors participating in neurodegeneration. Our report documents in 18 patients the deleterious impact of a mutation in human cytoplasmic AlaRS and broadens the spectrum of defects found in tRNA synthetases. Patients present with sensory-motor distal degeneration secondary to predominant axonal neuropathy, slight demyelination, and no atypical or additional CNS features.

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MutationAdolescentAdultAlanine-tRNA LigaseAmino Acid SequenceAminoacylationAxonsCharcot-Marie-Tooth DiseaseChildCohort StudiesCytoplasmGenes, DominantHumansLod ScoreMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence DataAlanine-tRNA Ligase

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PMID20045102
PMCPMC2801750
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