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MARS variant associated with both recessive interstitial lung and liver disease and dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 2018
Rips Jonathan, Meyer-Schuman Rebecca, Breuer Oded, Tsabari Reuven, Shaag Avraham, Revel-Vilk Shoshana, Reif Shimon, Elpeleg Orly, Antonellis Anthony, Harel Tamar
Abstract excerpt
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are ubiquitously expressed enzymes responsible for charging tRNA with cognate amino acids during protein translation. Non-canonical functions are increasingly recognized, and include transcription and translation control and extracellular signaling. Monoallelic mutations in genes encoding several ARSs have been identified in axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT2) disease, whereas...
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