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Tetratricopeptide repeat domain 19, also known as TPR repeat protein 19 or Tetratricopeptide repeat protein 19, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TTC19 gene. This gene encodes a protein with a tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain containing several TPRs of about 34 amino acids each. These repeats are found in a variety of organisms including bacteria, fungi and plants, and are involved in a variety of functions including protein-protein interactions. This protein is embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane and is involved in the formation of the mitochondrial respiratory chain III. It has also been suggested that this protein plays a role in cytokinesis. Mutations in this gene cause mitochondrial complex III deficiency. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene.
Structure
The TTC19 gene is located on the p arm of chromosome 17 at position 12 and it spans 46,048 base pairs. The TTC19 gene produces a 16 kDa protein composed of 149 amino acids. TTC19 is a subunit of the enzyme Ubiquinol Cytochrome c Reductase (UQCR, Complex III or Cytochrome bc1 complex) of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, which consists of the products of one mitochondrially encoded gene, MTCYTB (mitochondrial cytochrome b) and ten nuclear genes: UQCRC1, UQCRC2, Cytochrome c1, UQCRFS1 (Rieske protein), UQCRB, "14kDa protein", UQCRH (cyt c1 Hinge protein), Rieske Protein presequence, "cyt. c1 associated protein", and "Rieske-associated protein". The structure of the complex is a symmetric homodimer composed of one mitochondrial genome encoded cytochrome b subunit and ten other nucleus encoded subunits.
Variants of TTC19 have been associated with mitochondrial complex III deficiency, nuclear 2 (MC3DN2). TTC19 is known to cause this deficiency through the failed assembly of the Ubiquinol Cytochrome c Reductase. Mitochondrial complex III deficiency, nuclear (type 2) is a diverse group of neuromuscular and multi-systemic disorders caused by a dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain which may result in highly variable phenotype depending on which tissues are affected. Clinical features include mitochondrial encephalopathy, psychomotor retardation, ataxia, severe failure to thrive, liver dysfunction, renal tubulopathy, muscle weakness and exercise intolerance. In addition, mutations in TTC19 is also known to be associated with various neurological disorders in both childhood and adulthood.
All Pathogenic mutations of this gene have been reported to be nonsense mutations. Such mutations have included (c.937C>T; p. Q313X), (c.157_158dup), and (c.829C > T; p.Q277*).
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