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Severe epileptic encephalopathy associated with compound heterozygosity of THG1L variants in the Ashkenazi Jewish population.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2021
Rabin Rachel, Hirsch Yoel, Johansson Martin M, Ekstein Joseph, Ekstein Ahron, Pappas John
Abstract excerpt
THG1L-associated autosomal recessive ataxia belongs to a group of disorders that occur due to abnormal mitochondrial tRNA modification. The product of THG1L is the tRNA-histidine guanylyltransferase 1-like enzyme that catalyzes the 3'-5"addition of guanine to the 5"-end of tRNA-histidine in the mitochondrion. To date, five individuals with homozygosity for p.(Val55Ala) in THG1L have been reported and presented...
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