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Pathogenic variants in the human TONSL protein associated with SPONASTRIME dysplasia impair protein dimerization and DNA repair.
Science advances - 31 Jul 2026
Karmakar Avradeep, Roy Siddhartha
Abstract excerpt
TONSL safeguards genome stability by facilitating replication-dependent DNA damage repair and protecting stalled replication forks through homologous recombination. Mutations in TONSL cause SPONASTRIME dysplasia, a rare skeletal disorder. We reveal that TONSL homo-dimerizes via its ubiquitin-like domain (UBL), and two recurrent SPONASTRIME dysplasia causative variants (R934W and G973R) abolish this dimerization....
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