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- Title
IGHMBP2 is a ribosome-associated helicase inactive in the neuromuscular disorder distal SMA type 1 (DSMA1).
- Authors
Guenther, Ulf-Peter; Handoko, Lusy; Laggerbauer, Bernhard; Jablonka, Sibylle; Chari, Ashwin; Alzheimer, Mona; Ohmer, Jürgen; Plöttner, Oliver; Gehring, Niels; Sickmann, Albert; von Au, Katja; Schuelke, Markus; Fischer, Utz
- Abstract
Distal spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (DSMA1) is an autosomal recessive disease that is clinically characterized by distal limb weakness and respiratory distress. In this disease, the degeneration of α-motoneurons is caused by mutations in the immunoglobulin μ-binding protein 2 (IGHMBP2). This protein has been implicated in DNA replication, pre-mRNA splicing and transcription, but its precise function in all these processes has remained elusive. We have purified catalytically active recombinant IGHMBP2, which has enabled us to assess its enzymatic properties and to identify its cellular targets. Our data reveal that IGHMBP2 is an ATP-dependent 5′→3′ helicase, which unwinds RNA and DNA duplices in vitro. Importantly, this helicase localizes predominantly to the cytoplasm of neuronal and non-neuronal cells and associates with ribosomes. DSMA1-causing amino acid substitutions in IGHMBP2 do not affect ribosome binding yet severely impair ATPase and helicase activity. We propose that IGHMBP2 is functionally linked to translation, and that mutations in its helicase domain interfere with this function in DSMA1 patients.
- Publication
Human Molecular Genetics, 2009, Vol 18, Issue 7, p1288
- ISSN
0964-6906
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hmg/ddp028