| Literature DB >> 16282978 |
Anna-Kaisa Anttonen1, Ibrahim Mahjneh, Riikka H Hämäläinen, Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne, Outi Kopra, Laura Waris, Mikko Anttonen, Tarja Joensuu, Hannu Kalimo, Anders Paetau, Lisbeth Tranebjaerg, Denys Chaigne, Michel Koenig, Orvar Eeg-Olofsson, Bjarne Udd, Mirja Somer, Hannu Somer, Anna-Elina Lehesjoki.
Abstract
We identified the gene underlying Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome, which is characterized by cerebellar ataxia, progressive myopathy and cataracts. We identified four disease-associated, predicted loss-of-function mutations in SIL1, which encodes a nucleotide exchange factor for the heat-shock protein 70 (HSP70) chaperone HSPA5. These data, together with the similar spatial and temporal patterns of tissue expression of Sil1 and Hspa5, suggest that disturbed SIL1-HSPA5 interaction and protein folding is the primary pathology in Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 16282978 DOI： 10.1038/ng1677
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN： 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330