TMLHE

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Trimethyllysine dioxygenase, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TMLHE gene in chromosome X.

Structure

The TMHLE gene is located at the extreme end of the Xq28 region with high genomic instability, and encodes a protein trimethyllysine dioxygenase, a , Fe2+ and 2-oxoglytarate dependen non-heme-ferrous iron hydrolase localized to the mitochondrial matrix.

Function

The trimethyllysine dioxygenase enzyme catalyzes the first step in the carnitine biosynthesis pathway, which is part of amine biosynthesis. Carnitine is a molecule that play an essential role in the transport of activated fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane where they are metabolized. The encoded protein converts trimethyllysine into hydroxytrimethyllysine with the reaction (EC 1.14.11.8):

N₆,N₆,N(6)-trimethyl-L-lysine + 2-oxoglutarate + O₂ = 3-hydroxy-N₆,N₆,N(6)-trimethyl-L-lysine + succinate + CO₂.

and requires iron and L-ascorbate as co-factors.

Clinical Significance

Mutations in the THLHE gene causes Epsilon-trimethyllysine hydroxylase deficiency (TMLHED), an inborn error of metabolism in carnitine biosynthesis, which is increased with risks for developing autism-related behaviours and Autism spectrum disorders

Further reading

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• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
• Wiemann S, Arlt D, Huber W, et al. (2004). "From ORFeome to biology: a functional genomics pipeline". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2136–44. doi:10.1101/gr.2576704. PMC 528930. PMID 15489336.
• Monfregola J, Cevenini A, Terracciano A, et al. (2005). "Functional analysis of TMLH variants and definition of domains required for catalytic activity and mitochondrial targeting". J. Cell. Physiol. 204 (3): 839–47. doi:10.1002/jcp.20332. PMID 15754339.
• Ross MT, Grafham DV, Coffey AJ, et al. (2005). "The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome". Nature. 434 (7031): 325–37. doi:10.1038/nature03440. PMC 2665286. PMID 15772651.
• Mehrle A, Rosenfelder H, Schupp I, et al. (2006). "The LIFEdb database in 2006". Nucleic Acids Res. 34 (Database issue): D415–8. doi:10.1093/nar/gkj139. PMC 1347501. PMID 16381901.
• Monfregola J, Napolitano G, Conte I, et al. (2007). "Functional characterization of the TMLH gene: promoter analysis, in situ hybridization, identification and mapping of alternative splicing variants". Gene. 395 (1–2): 86–97. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2007.02.012. PMID 17408883.