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CMT2D neuropathy is linked to the neomorphic binding activity of glycyl-tRNA synthetase.
Nature - 29 Oct 2015
He Weiwei, Bai Ge, Zhou Huihao, Wei Na, White Nicholas M, Lauer Janelle, Liu Huaqing, Shi Yi, Dumitru Calin Dan, Lettieri Karen, Shubayev Veronica, Jordanova Albena, Guergueltcheva Velina, Griffin Patrick R, Burgess Robert W, Pfaff Samuel L, Yang Xiang-Lei
Abstract excerpt
Selective neuronal loss is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases, which, counterintuitively, are often caused by mutations in widely expressed genes. Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) diseases are the most common hereditary peripheral neuropathies, for which there are no effective therapies. A subtype of these diseases--CMT type 2D (CMT2D)--is caused by dominant mutations in GARS, encoding the ubiquitously expressed...
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