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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-8
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The total sequences of mitochondrial DNA were determined in two patients with juvenile-onset mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) due to Complex I deficiency. Patients 1 and 2 had three and two unique point mutations, respectively, causing replacement of phylogenically conserved amino acids. A transition from G to A was found at nucleotide position 5601 in the alanine tRNA gene of Patient 2, and a transition from A to G was found at 3243 in the leucine (UUR) tRNA gene of both patients. The latter mutation located at the phylogenically conserved 5' end of the dihydrouridine loop of the tRNA molecule, and was present in two patients with adult-onset MELAS and absent in controls. These results indicate that a mass of mtDNA mutations including the A-to-G transition in the tRNA(Leu) gene is a genetic cause of MELAS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
174
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
861-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Base Composition, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Metabolism, Inborn Errors, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Mitochondria, Muscle, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone), pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Oligonucleotide Probes, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Quinone Reductases, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-RNA, Transfer, Leu, pubmed-meshheading:1899574-Syndrome
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Mitochondrial DNA mutations in mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nagoya, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't