MTFMT

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Mitochondrial methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MTFMT gene.[1]

The protein encoded by this nuclear gene localizes to the mitochondrion, where it catalyzes the formylation of methionyl-tRNA.[1] Recessive-type mutations in MTFMT have been shown to cause mitochondrial disease.[2]

Model organisms

Model organisms have been used in the study of MTFMT function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Mtfmttm1a(KOMP)Wtsi[7][8] was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists — at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.[9][10][11]

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.[5][12] Twenty six tests were carried out on mutant mice and two significant abnormalities were observed.[5] During gestation homozygous mutant embryos displayed lethal growth retardation and oedema. In a separate study, no homozygous animals were observed at weaning. The remaining tests were carried out on adult heterozygous mutant animals, but no further abnormalities were seen.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: Mitochondrial methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase". Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  2. ↑ "Mutations in MTFMT Underlie a Human Disorder of Formylation Causing Impaired Mitochondrial Translation". Retrieved 2012-01-03.
  3. ↑ "Salmonella infection data for Mtfmt". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  4. ↑ "Citrobacter infection data for Mtfmt". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Gerdin AK (2010). "The Sanger Mouse Genetics Programme: High throughput characterisation of knockout mice". Acta Ophthalmologica. 88 (S248). doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.4142.x.
  6. ↑ Mouse Resources Portal, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  7. ↑ "International Knockout Mouse Consortium".
  8. ↑ "Mouse Genome Informatics".
  9. ↑ Skarnes, W. C.; Rosen, B.; West, A. P.; Koutsourakis, M.; Bushell, W.; Iyer, V.; Mujica, A. O.; Thomas, M.; Harrow, J.; Cox, T.; Jackson, D.; Severin, J.; Biggs, P.; Fu, J.; Nefedov, M.; De Jong, P. J.; Stewart, A. F.; Bradley, A. (2011). "A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function". Nature. 474 (7351): 337–342. doi:10.1038/nature10163. PMC 3572410. PMID 21677750.
  10. ↑ Dolgin E (June 2011). "Mouse library set to be knockout". Nature. 474 (7351): 262–3. doi:10.1038/474262a. PMID 21677718.
  11. ↑ Collins FS, Rossant J, Wurst W (January 2007). "A mouse for all reasons". Cell. 128 (1): 9–13. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.018. PMID 17218247.
  12. ↑ van der Weyden L, White JK, Adams DJ, Logan DW (2011). "The mouse genetics toolkit: revealing function and mechanism". Genome Biol. 12 (6): 224. doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-6-224. PMC 3218837. PMID 21722353.

Further reading

  • Takeuchi, N.; Kawakami, M.; Omori, A.; Ueda, T.; Spremulli, L. L.; Watanabe, K. (1998). "Mammalian mitochondrial methionyl-tRNA transformylase from bovine liver. Purification, characterization, and gene structure". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (24): 15085–15090. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.24.15085. PMID 9614118.


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