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21073883

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
Pathogenic mutations in mitochondrial tRNAs are 6.5 times more frequent than in other mitochondrial genes. This suggests that tRNA mutations perturb more than one function. A potential additional tRNA gene function is that of templating for antisense tRNAs. Pathogenic mutations weaken cloverleaf secondary structures of sense tRNAs. Analyses here show similar effects for most antisense tRNAs, especially after adjusting for associations between sense and antisense cloverleaf stabilities. These results imply translational activity by antisense tRNAs. For sense tRNAs Ala and Ser UCN, pathogenicity associates as much with sense as with antisense cloverleaf formation. For tRNA Pro, pathogenicity seems associated only with antisense, not sense tRNA cloverleaf formation. Translational activity by antisense tRNAs is expected for the 11 antisense tRNAs processed by regular sense RNA maturation, those recognized by their cognate amino acid's tRNA synthetase, and those forming relatively stable cloverleaves as compared to their sense counterpart. Most antisense tRNAs probably function routinely in translation and extend the tRNA pool (extension hypothesis); others do not (avoidance hypothesis). The greater the expected translational activity of an antisense tRNA, the more pathogenic mutations weaken its cloverleaf secondary structure. Some evidence for RNA interference, a more classical role for antisense tRNAs, exists only for tRNA Ser UCN. Mutation pathogenicity probably frequently results from a mixture of effects due to sense and antisense tRNA translational activity for many mitochondrial tRNAs. Genomic studies should routinely explore for translational activity by antisense tRNAs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1095-8541
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
269
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-96
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Pathogenic mutations in antisense mitochondrial tRNAs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. hselig1@yahoo.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article