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ArticleBBA clinical2017

Pathogenicity in POLG syndromes: DNA polymerase gamma pathogenicity prediction server and database.

Anssi Nurminen, Gregory A Farnum, Laurie S Kaguni

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Article in BBA clinical, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Anssi NurminenInstitute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
Gregory A FarnumDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Mitochondrial Science and Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Laurie S KaguniInstitute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
Michigan State University · USTampere University · FI

Funding

Mitochondrial DNA Replisome: Mechanism, Structure and PhysiologyR01GM045295 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KAGUNI, LAURIE SIMON · 1991 to 2013
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM045295
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA polymerase gamma (POLG) is the replicative polymerase responsible for maintaining mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Disorders related to its functionality are a major cause of mitochondrial disease. The clinical spectrum of POLG syndromes includes Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS), childhood myocerebrohepatopathy spectrum (MCHS), myoclonic epilepsy myopathy sensory ataxia (MEMSA), the ataxia neuropathy spectrum (ANS) and progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO). We have collected all publicly available POLG-related patient data and analyzed it using our pathogenic clustering model to provide a new research and clinical tool in the form of an online server. The server evaluates the pathogenicity of both previously reported and novel mutations. There are currently 176 unique point mutations reported and found in mitochondrial patients in the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of POLG,

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AHS, Alpers-Huttenlocher syndromeANS, Ataxia neuropathy spectrumDNA polymerase gammaIP, Intrinsic processivity subdomain of POLGA spacer-domainMCHS, Childhood myocerebrohepatopathy spectrumMEMSA, Myoclonic epilepsy myopathy sensory ataxiaMitochondrial disorderMutation databasePathogenicity predictionPatient databasePDB ID, Four-character identification code for a protein structure in the RSCB PDB databasePEO, Progressive external ophthalmoplegiaPNF, Putatively non-functional enzymePOLGA, Catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase gammaPOLGB, Accessory subunit of DNA polymerase gammaPOLG, DNA polymerase gammaPOLG syndromeSNP, Single nucleotide polymorphism/non-pathogenic mutation

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PMID28480171
PMCPMC5413197
OpenAlexW2606316857

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