Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

2,6-Diaminopurine as a highly potent corrector of UGA nonsense mutations

  • Carole Trzaska,
  • Séverine Amand,
  • Christine Bailly,
  • Catherine Leroy,
  • Virginie Marchand,
  • Evelyne Duvernois-Berthet,
  • Jean-Michel Saliou,
  • Hana Benhabiles,
  • Elisabeth Werkmeister,
  • Thierry Chassat,
  • Romain Guilbert,
  • David Hannebique,
  • Anthony Mouray,
  • Marie-Christine Copin,
  • Pierre-Arthur Moreau,
  • Eric Adriaenssens,
  • Andreas Kulozik,
  • Eric Westhof,
  • David Tulasne,
  • Yuri Motorin,
  • Sylvie Rebuffat,
  • Fabrice Lejeune

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15140-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

Read online

Nonsense mutations can be corrected by several molecules that activate readthrough of premature termination codon. Here, the authors report that 2,6-diaminopurine efficiently corrects UGA nonsense mutations with no significant toxicity.