Codon affinity in mitochondrial DNA shapes evolutionary and somatic fitness
Caleb A. Lareau, Yajie Yin, Jacob C. Gutierrez, Ryan S. Dhindsa, Anne-Sophie Gribling-Burrer, Yu-Hsin Hsieh, Lena Nitsch, Frank A. Buquicchio, Tsion Abay, Sebastian Zielinski, Robert R. Stickels, Jacob C. Ulirsch, Patrick Yan, Fangyi Wang, Zhuang Miao, , Ansuman T. Satpathy
The paper identifies a synonymous mtDNA variant that affects codon-anticodon affinity and shows its impact on cellular fitness in immune cells.
bioRxiv · Apr 23, 2023 · PreprintGenetics