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TUFM

Chr 16p11.2

Tu translation elongation factor, mitochondrial

Aliases:
EFTu, EF-TuMT, EFTU
MANE:
ENST00000313511.8

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • DDG2P

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Likely inborn error of metabolism

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Mitochondrial disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Possible mitochondrial disorder - nuclear genes

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Undiagnosed metabolic disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • White matter disorders and cerebral calcification - narrow panel

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Inherited white matter disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • combined oxidative phosphorylation defect type 4

    0.77
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.50
  • COVID-19

    0.47
  • combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency

    0.37
  • ulcerative colitis

    0.30
  • intelligence

    0.24
  • mitochondrial disease

    0.21
  • hereditary disease

    0.19
  • inborn mitochondrial metabolism disorder

    0.19
  • metabolic syndrome

    0.17

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Elongation factor Tu, mitochondrial

GTP hydrolase that promotes the GTP-dependent binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of ribosomes during protein biosynthesis. Participates in mitochondrial translation (By similarity). Also plays a role in the regulation of autophagy and innate immunity (PubMed:22749352, PubMed:28407488). Recruits ATG5-ATG12 and NLRX1 at mitochondria and serves as a checkpoint of the RIGI-MAVS pathway (PubMed:28407488). In turn, inhibits RLR-mediated type I interferon while promoting autophagy (PubMed:22749352)

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

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