Article
Defects in RNA metabolism in mitochondrial disease.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology - 1 Apr 2017
Siira Stefan J, Shearwood Anne-Marie J, Bracken Cameron P, Rackham Oliver, Filipovska Aleksandra
Abstract excerpt
The expression of mitochondrially-encoded genes requires the efficient processing of long precursor RNAs at the 5' and 3' ends of tRNAs, a process which, when disrupted, results in disease. Two such mutations reside within mt-tRNALeu(UUR); a m.3243A>G transition, which is the most common cause of MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes), and m.3302A>G which often...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
