Familial dysautonomia (FD) results from mutation in IKBKAP/ELP1, a gene encoding the scaffolding protein for the Elongator complex. This highly conserved complex is required for the methoxy-carbonyl-methyl (mcm5) modification of uridines located in the wobble position of tRNA molecules (U34). In F...
ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (ncbitaxon:10090)