A trans locus causes a ribosomopathy in hypertrophic hearts that affects mRNA translation in a protein length-dependent fashion.
Franziska Witte,
Jorge Ruiz-Orera,
Camilla Ciolli Mattioli,
Susanne Blachut,
Eleonora Adami,
Jana Felicitas Schulz,
Valentin Schneider-Lunitz,
Oliver Hummel,
Giannino Patone,
Michael Benedikt Mücke,
Jan Šilhavý,
Matthias Heinig,
Leonardo Bottolo,
Daniel Sanchis,
Martin Vingron,
Marina Chekulaeva,
Michal Pravenec,
Norbert Hubner,
Sebastiaan van Heesch
Jul 30, 2021
Background
Little is known about the impact of trans-acting genetic variation on the rates with which proteins are synthesized by ribosomes. Here, we investigate the influence of such distant genetic loci on the...