Protein Information

Name TRMU
Synonyms MTO 2; TRMT 1; TRMT1; MTO2; MTO2 homolog; MTU 1; MTU1; Mitochondrial 5 methylaminomethyl 2 thiouridylate methyltransferase…

Compound Information

Name sulfur
CAS sulfur

Reference List

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19732863 Zeharia A, Shaag A, Pappo O, Mager-Heckel AM, Saada A, Beinat M, Karicheva O, Mandel H, Ofek N, Segel R, Marom D, Rotig A, Tarassov I, Elpeleg O: Acute infantile liver failure due to mutations in the TRMU gene. Am J Hum Genet. 2009 Sep;85(3):401-7.

Given that sulfur is a TRMU substrate and its availability is limited during the neonatal period, we propose that there is a window of time whereby patients with TRMU mutations are at increased risk of developing liver failure.
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