Protein Information

Name GARS
Synonyms AIRS; PAIS; GARS; GARS protein; GARS AIRS GART; GART; GARTF; Glycinamide phosphoribosyl transferase…

Compound Information

Name DSMA
CAS disodium methylarsonate

Reference List

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19412816 Blumen SC, Drory VE, Sadeh M, El-Ad B, Soimu U, Groozman GB, Bouchard JP, Goldfarb LG: Mutational analysis of glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GARS) gene in Hirayama disease. Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2009 May 1:1-3.

Sporadic juvenile muscular atrophy of the distal upper extremity or Hirayama's disease (HD) and autosomal dominant motor distal neuronopathy/axonopathy (CMT2D/dSMA-V), produced by glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GARS) gene mutations, share some clinical features including: young age of onset, predilection for the distal upper extremity, asymmetry, sparing of proximal muscles and unusual cold sensitivity.
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17035524 Antonellis A, Lee-Lin SQ, Wasterlain A, Leo P, Quezado M, Goldfarb LG, Myung K, Burgess S, Fischbeck KH, Green ED: Functional analyses of glycyl-tRNA synthetase mutations suggest a key role for tRNA-charging enzymes in peripheral axons. J Neurosci. 2006 Oct 11;26(41):10397-406.

We previously implicated mutations in the gene encoding glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GARS) as the cause of CMT2D and dSMA-V.
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16769947 Dubourg O, Azzedine H, Yaou RB, Pouget J, Barois A, Meininger V, Bouteiller D, Ruberg M, Brice A, LeGuern E: The G526R glycyl-tRNA synthetase gene mutation in distal hereditary motor neuropathy type V. Neurology. 2006 Jun 13;66(11):1721-6.

BACKGROUND: Distal hereditary motor neuropathy (dHMN) or distal spinal muscular atrophy (dSMA) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized almost exclusively by degeneration of motor nerve fibers, predominantly in the distal part of the limbs.
Missense mutations in the glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GARS) gene have been recently reported in families with either dHMN-V, CMT2D, or both.
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16534118 Del Bo R, Locatelli F, Corti S, Scarlato M, Ghezzi S, Prelle A, Fagiolari G, Moggio M, Carpo M, Bresolin N, Comi GP: Coexistence of CMT-2D and distal SMA-V phenotypes in an Italian family with a GARS gene mutation. Neurology. 2006 Mar 14;66(5):752-4.

An Italian multigenerational family with four members affected by an axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2D (CMT-2D) or distal spinal muscular atrophy (dSMA) phenotype with upper limb predominance, variable age at onset, degree of disability, and autosomal dominant inheritance is reported.
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16014653 Sivakumar K, Kyriakides T, Puls I, Nicholson GA, Funalot B, Antonellis A, Sambuughin N, Christodoulou K, Beggs JL, Zamba-Papanicolaou E, Ionasescu V, Dalakas MC, Green ED, Fischbeck KH, Goldfarb LG: Phenotypic spectrum of disorders associated with glycyl-tRNA synthetase mutations. Brain. 2005 Oct;128(Pt 10):2304-14. Epub 2005 Jul 13.

We describe clinical, electrophysiological, histopathological and molecular features of a unique disease caused by mutations in the glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GARS) gene.
Based on the presence or absence of sensory changes, the disease phenotype was initially defined as distal spinal muscular atrophy type V (dSMA-V) in three families, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2D (CMT2D) in a single family, and as either dSMA-V or CMT2D in patients of another large family.
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