Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Assembly defects of human tRNA splicing endonuclease contribute to impaired pre-tRNA processing in pontocerebellar hypoplasia

  • Samoil Sekulovski,
  • Pascal Devant,
  • Silvia Panizza,
  • Tasos Gogakos,
  • Anda Pitiriciu,
  • Katharina Heitmeier,
  • Ewan Phillip Ramsay,
  • Marie Barth,
  • Carla Schmidt,
  • Thomas Tuschl,
  • Frank Baas,
  • Stefan Weitzer,
  • Javier Martinez,
  • Simon Trowitzsch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25870-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Mutations within subunits of the tRNA splicing endonuclease complex (TSEN) are associated with pontocerebellar hypoplasia (PCH). Here the authors show that tRNA intron excision is catalyzed by tetrameric TSEN assembled from inactive heterodimers, and provide evidence that modulation of TSEN stability may contribute to PCH phenotypes.