- Hardy, Steven A;
- Blakely, Emma L;
- Purvis, Andrew I;
- Rocha, Mariana C;
- Ahmed, Syeda;
- Falkous, Gavin;
- Poulton, Joanna;
- Rose, Michael R;
- O'Mahony, Olivia;
- Bermingham, Niamh;
- Dougan, Charlotte F;
- Ng, Yi Shiau;
- Horvath, Rita;
- Turnbull, Doug M;
- Gorman, Grainne S;
- Taylor, Robert W
Pathogenic mitochondrial tRNA (mt-tRNA) gene mutations represent a prominent cause of primary mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-related disease despite accounting for only 5%-10% of the mitochondrial genome.(1,2) Although some common mt-tRNA mutations, such as the m.3243A>G mutation, exist, the majority are rare and have been reported in only a small number of cases.(3) The MT-TP gene, encoding mt-tRNA(Pro), is one of the less polymorphic mt-tRNA genes, and only 5 MT-TP mutations have been reported as a cause of mitochondrial muscle disease to date (table e-1 at Neurology.org/ng, P6-10). We report 5 patients with myopathic phenotypes, each harboring different pathogenic mutations in the MT-TP gene, highlighting the importance of MT-TP mutations as a cause of mitochondrial muscle disease and the requirement to study clinically relevant tissue.