ARMC5 controls the degradation of most Pol II subunits, and ARMC5 mutation increases neural tube defect risks in mice and humans

H Luo, L Lao, KS Au, H Northrup, X He, D Forget… - Genome Biology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Neural tube defects (NTDs) are caused by genetic and environmental
factors. ARMC5 is part of a novel ubiquitin ligase specific for POLR2A, the largest subunit of …

[PDF][PDF] POLR1A variants underlie phenotypic heterogeneity in craniofacial, neural, and cardiac anomalies

K Smallwood, KEN Watt, S Ide, K Baltrunaite… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Heterozygous pathogenic variants in POLR1A, which encodes the largest subunit of RNA
Polymerase I, were previously identified as the cause of acrofacial dysostosis, Cincinnati …

MARK2/Par1b Insufficiency Attenuates DVL Gene Transcription via Histone Deacetylation in Lumbosacral Spina Bifida

S Chen, Q Zhang, B Bai, S Ouyang, Y Bao, H Li… - Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Dishevelled (DVL/Dvl) genes play roles in canonical and noncanonical Wnt signaling, both
of which are essential in neural tube closing and are involved in balancing neural progenitor …

ARMC5 is part of an RPB1-specific ubiquitin ligase implicated in adrenal hyperplasia

L Lao, I Bourdeau, L Gagliardi, X He, W Shi… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ARMC5 is implicated in several pathological conditions, but its function remains unknown.
We have previously identified CUL3 and RPB1 (the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II …

Molecular basis of neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Polr3-related disease

RD Moir, E Merheb, V Chitu, ER Stanley, IM Willis - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Pathogenic variants in subunits of RNA polymerase (Pol) III cause a spectrum of
neurodegenerative diseases including 4H leukodystrophy. Disease onset occurs from …

[PDF][PDF] Germline mutation in POLR2A: a heterogeneous, multi-systemic developmental disorder characterized by transcriptional dysregulation

AW Hansen, P Arora, MM Khayat, LJ Smith… - Human Genetics and …, 2021 - cell.com
De novo germline variation in POLR2A was recently reported to associate with a
neurodevelopmental disorder. We report twelve individuals harboring putatively pathogenic …

Leukodystrophy-associated POLR3A mutations down-regulate the RNA polymerase III transcript and important regulatory RNA BC200

K Choquet, D Forget, E Meloche, MJ Dicaire… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
RNA polymerase III (Pol III) is an essential enzyme responsible for the synthesis of several
small noncoding RNAs, a number of which are involved in mRNA translation. Recessive …

BRF1 mutations alter RNA polymerase III–dependent transcription and cause neurodevelopmental anomalies

G Borck, F Hög, ML Dentici, PL Tan, N Sowada… - Genome …, 2015 - genome.cshlp.org
RNA polymerase III (Pol III) synthesizes tRNAs and other small noncoding RNAs to regulate
protein synthesis. Dysregulation of Pol III transcription has been linked to cancer, and …

[HTML][HTML] Decreased RNA polymerase III subunit expression leads to defects in oligodendrocyte development

J Macintosh, M Michell-Robinson, X Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction RNA polymerase III (Pol III) is a critical enzymatic complex tasked with the
transcription of ubiquitous non-coding RNAs including 5S rRNA and all tRNA genes …

A known functional polymorphism (Ile120Val) of the human PCMT1 gene and risk of spina bifida

H Zhu, W Yang, W Lu, J Zhang, GM Shaw… - Molecular genetics and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Folate binding protein 1 (Folr1) knockout mice with low maternal folate concentrations have
been shown to be excellent animal models for human folate-responsive neural tube defects …