Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Aberrant GlyRS-HDAC6 interaction linked to axonal transport deficits in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy

  • Zhongying Mo,
  • Xiaobei Zhao,
  • Huaqing Liu,
  • Qinghua Hu,
  • Xu-Qiao Chen,
  • Jessica Pham,
  • Na Wei,
  • Ze Liu,
  • Jiadong Zhou,
  • Robert W. Burgess,
  • Samuel L. Pfaff,
  • C. Thomas Caskey,
  • Chengbiao Wu,
  • Ge Bai,
  • Xiang-Lei Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03461-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

Read online

Mutations in glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GlyRS) cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a neuromuscular disorder characterized by axonal degeneration. Here the authors show that mutant GlyRS interacts with histone deacetylase 6, resulting in increased deacetylation of α-tubulin and axonal transport deficits.