Required for the quantitative accumulation of H/ACA ribonucleoproteins (RNPs), including telomerase, probably through the stabilization of DKC1, from the time of its synthesis until its association with NOP10, NHP2, and NAF1 at the nascent H/ACA RNA

Cytoplasm, cytosolNucleus, nucleoplasm

Dystonia 35, childhood-onset

A form of dystonia, a disorder defined by the presence of sustained involuntary muscle contraction, often leading to abnormal postures. DYT35 is an autosomal recessive form characterized by the onset of a dystonic movement disorder in the first year of life.

Protein with chaperone functions important for the control of protein folding, processing, stability and localization as well as for the reduction of misfolded protein aggregates. Involved in the regulation of synaptic vesicle recycling, controls STON2 protein stability in collaboration with the COP9 signalosome complex (CSN). In the nucleus, may link the cytoskeleton with the nuclear envelope, this mechanism seems to be crucial for the control of nuclear polarity, cell movement and, specificall

Endoplasmic reticulum lumenNucleus membraneCell projection, growth coneCytoplasmic vesicle membraneCytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicleCytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle, synaptic vesicleCytoplasm, cytoskeleton

Dystonia 1, torsion, autosomal dominant

A primary torsion dystonia, and the most common and severe form. Dystonia is defined by the presence of sustained involuntary muscle contractions, often leading to abnormal postures. Dystonia type 1 is characterized by involuntary, repetitive, sustained muscle contractions or postures involving one or more sites of the body, in the absence of other neurological symptoms. Typically, symptoms develop first in an arm or leg in middle to late childhood and progress in approximately 30% of patients to other body regions (generalized dystonia) within about five years. 'Torsion' refers to the twisting nature of body movements observed in DYT1, often affecting the trunk. Distribution and severity of symptoms vary widely between affected individuals, ranging from mild focal dystonia to severe generalized dystonia, even within families.

IFN-induced dsRNA-dependent serine/threonine-protein kinase that phosphorylates the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (EIF2S1/eIF-2-alpha) and plays a key role in the innate immune response to viral infection (PubMed:18835251, PubMed:19189853, PubMed:19507191, PubMed:21072047, PubMed:21123651, PubMed:22381929, PubMed:22948139, PubMed:23229543). Inhibits viral replication via the integrated stress response (ISR): EIF2S1/eIF-2-alpha phosphorylation in response to viral in

CytoplasmNucleusCytoplasm, perinuclear region

Leukoencephalopathy, developmental delay, and episodic neurologic regression syndrome

An autosomal dominant disorder characterized by global developmental delay apparent in early childhood, cognitive impairment, ataxia, poor or absent speech with dysarthria, hypotonia, hypertonia, extrapyramidal signs, tremor, and abnormal involuntary movements. Affected individuals also exhibit neurological regression in the setting of febrile illness or infection. Many patients have seizures. Brain imaging shows diffuse white matter abnormalities with poor myelination.