2024
Saturation mutagenesis-reinforced functional assays for disease-related genes
Ma K, Huang S, Ng K, Lake N, Joseph S, Xu J, Lek A, Ge L, Woodman K, Koczwara K, Cohen J, Ho V, O'Connor C, Brindley M, Campbell K, Lek M. Saturation mutagenesis-reinforced functional assays for disease-related genes. Cell 2024, 187: 6707-6724.e22. PMID: 39326416, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-related genesDisease-causing genetic variantsGenome-wide resolutionMutation scanning methodsSingle-nucleotide variantsDeep mutational scanning methodFunctional assaysDisease genesComputational predictorsSaturation mutagenesisHuman geneticsGenetic variantsGenesVariantsSmurfAssayMutagenesisLARGE1GeneticsDisease severity
2023
Multi-omics identifies large mitoribosomal subunit instability caused by pathogenic MRPL39 variants as a cause of pediatric onset mitochondrial disease
Amarasekera S, Hock D, Lake N, Calvo S, Grønborg S, Krzesinski E, Amor D, Fahey M, Simons C, Wibrand F, Mootha V, Lek M, Lunke S, Stark Z, Østergaard E, Christodoulou J, Thorburn D, Stroud D, Compton A. Multi-omics identifies large mitoribosomal subunit instability caused by pathogenic MRPL39 variants as a cause of pediatric onset mitochondrial disease. Human Molecular Genetics 2023, 32: 2441-2454. PMID: 37133451, PMCID: PMC10360397, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuantitative proteomicsMitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation systemProtein complex assemblySmall mitoribosomal subunitExome sequencingOxidative phosphorylation systemMitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acidMitochondrial ribosomesMitoribosomal subunitDeoxyribonucleic acidGene-disease associationsLarge subunitOXPHOS disordersSmall subunitComplex assemblyPhosphorylation systemProteomic dataComplex abundanceFunctional validationDisease genesGenome sequencingMitochondrial diseaseCryptic exonGene matchingProtein signatures
2019
A patient with homozygous nonsense variants in two Leigh syndrome disease genes: Distinguishing a dual diagnosis from a hypomorphic protein‐truncating variant
Lake N, Formosa L, Stroud D, Ryan M, Calvo S, Mootha V, Morar B, Procopis P, Christodoulou J, Compton A, Thorburn D. A patient with homozygous nonsense variants in two Leigh syndrome disease genes: Distinguishing a dual diagnosis from a hypomorphic protein‐truncating variant. Human Mutation 2019, 40: 893-898. PMID: 30981218, PMCID: PMC6661004, DOI: 10.1002/humu.23753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-truncating variantsCI assemblyC-terminusLeigh syndromeMutant proteinsKnockout cellsDisease genesUncharacterized variantsHypomorphic effectPathogenic variantsLeigh-like syndromeMitochondrial diseaseWhole-exome sequencingGenomic criteriaFunctional studiesAmino acidsGenesTIMMDC1Homozygous nonsense variantPatient's clinical phenotypeClinical phenotypeExome sequencingNonsense variantMedical GeneticsDual diagnosis
2015
Leigh syndrome: One disorder, more than 75 monogenic causes
Lake N, Compton A, Rahman S, Thorburn D. Leigh syndrome: One disorder, more than 75 monogenic causes. Annals Of Neurology 2015, 79: 190-203. PMID: 26506407, DOI: 10.1002/ana.24551.Peer-Reviewed Original Research