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ArticleHuman genetics2016

A homozygous truncating mutation in PUS3 expands the role of tRNA modification in normal cognition.

Ranad Shaheen, Lu Han, Eissa Faqeih, Nour Ewida, Eman Alobeid, Eric M Phizicky, Fowzan S Alkuraya

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Article in Human genetics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ranad ShaheenDepartment of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Lu HanDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.
Eissa FaqeihDepartment of Pediatric Subspecialties, Children's Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nour EwidaDepartment of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Eman AlobeidDepartment of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Eric M PhizickyDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA. eric_phizicky@urmc.rochester.edu.
Fowzan S AlkurayaDepartment of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. falkuraya@kfshrc.edu.sa.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAUniversity of Rochester · USKing Fahd Medical City · SA

Funding

TRNA SPLICINGR01GM052347 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Eric M. Phizicky · 1995 to 2026
$9.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM052347
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intellectual disability is a common and highly heterogeneous disorder etiologically. In a multiplex consanguineous family, we applied autozygosity mapping and exome sequencing and identified a novel homozygous truncating mutation in PUS3 that fully segregates with the intellectual disability phenotype. Consistent with the known role of Pus3 in isomerizing uracil to pseudouridine at positions 38 and 39 in tRNA, we found a significant reduction in this post-transcriptional modification of tRNA in patient cells. Our finding adds to a growing list of intellectual disability disorders that are caused by perturbation of various tRNA modifications, which highlights the sensitivity of the brain to these highly conserved processes.

Indexed as

AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCognitionExomeFemaleHomozygoteHumansHydro-LyasesIntellectual DisabilityMutationPedigreePhenotypePseudouridineRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, TransferHydro-LyasesPseudouridinepseudouridylate synthetaseRNA, Transfer

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PMID27055666
PMCPMC5152754
OpenAlexW2319304516

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