Mutation of RRM2B, encoding p53-controlled ribonucleotide reductase (p53R2), causes severe mitochondrial DNA depletion

A Bourdon, L Minai, V Serre, JP Jais, E Sarzi… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndrome (MDS; MIM 251880) is a prevalent cause
of oxidative phosphorylation disorders characterized by a reduction in mtDNA copy number …

Mammalian ribonucleotide reductase subunit p53R2 is required for mitochondrial DNA replication and DNA repair in quiescent cells

G Pontarin, P Ferraro, L Bee… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
In postmitotic mammalian cells, protein p53R2 substitutes for protein R2 as a subunit of
ribonucleotide reductase. In human patients with mutations in RRM2B, the gene for p53R2 …

Impaired function of p53R2 in Rrm2b-null mice causes severe renal failure through attenuation of dNTP pools

T Kimura, S Takeda, Y Sagiya, M Gotoh, Y Nakamura… - Nature …, 2003 - nature.com
Abstract p53R2, which is regulated by tumor suppressor p53, is a small subunit of
ribonucleotide reductase. To determine whether it is involved in DNA repair by supplying …

Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome due to mutations in the RRM2B gene

B Bornstein, E Area, KM Flanigan, J Ganesh… - Neuromuscular …, 2008 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDS) is characterized by a reduction in mtDNA
copy number and has been associated with mutations in eight nuclear genes, including …

Ribonucleotide reduction is a cytosolic process in mammalian cells independently of DNA damage

G Pontarin, A Fijolek, P Pizzo… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Ribonucleotide reductase provides deoxynucleotides for nuclear and mitochondrial (mt)
DNA replication and repair. The mammalian enzyme consists of a catalytic (R1) and a …

MPV17 encodes an inner mitochondrial membrane protein and is mutated in infantile hepatic mitochondrial DNA depletion

A Spinazzola, C Viscomi, E Fernandez-Vizarra… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
The mitochondrial (mt) DNA depletion syndromes (MDDS) are genetic disorders
characterized by a severe, tissue-specific decrease of mtDNA copy number, leading to …

Clinical and molecular features of mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes

A Spinazzola, F Invernizzi, F Carrara… - Journal of inherited …, 2009 - Springer
Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes (MDSs) form a group of autosomal recessive
disorders characterized by profoundly decreased mitochondrial DNA copy numbers in …

Loss-of-function mutations in MGME1 impair mtDNA replication and cause multisystemic mitochondrial disease

C Kornblum, TJ Nicholls, TB Haack, S Schöler… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Known disease mechanisms in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) maintenance disorders alter
either the mitochondrial replication machinery (POLG, POLG2 and C10orf2),, or the …

Quantitative evaluation of the mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome

D Dimmock, LY Tang, ES Schmitt… - Clinical chemistry, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background: The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndromes (MDDSs) are
autosomal recessive disorders characterized by a reduction in cellular mtDNA content …

Real‐time quantitative PCR analysis of mitochondrial DNA content

V Venegas, J Wang, D Dimmock… - Current protocols in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial disorders are a group of complex and heterogeneous diseases that may be
caused by molecular defects in the nuclear or mitochondrial genome. The biosynthesis and …