The Journal of Neuroscience, June 15, 1998, 18(12):np-np
ERRATUM
Correction for Yamamoto et al., Deficiency in Protein L-Isoaspartyl Methyltransferase Results in a Fatal Progresive Epilepsy
Correction: The paper by Yamamoto et
al. (1998) that appeared in the March 15, 1998 issue failed to cite an
earlier paper that reached similar conclusions. In particular, Kim et al. (1997) also analyzed knock-out mice lacking the protein repair enzyme L-isoaspartate methyltransferase and demonstrated
the accumulation of altered proteins in several tissues, including
brain, leading to the retardation of growth and fatal seizures. The
authors were unaware of this work at the time of submitting their
manuscript. They also apologize for the direct use of sentences from
the introduction of a previous paper (Lowenson and Clarke, 1992)
without appropriate citation.
Kim E, Lowenson JD, MacLaren
DC, Clarke S, Young SG (1997) Deficiency of a protein-repair enzyme
results in the accumulation of altered proteins, retardation of growth,
and fatal seizures in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
94:6132-6137.
Lowenson JD, Clarke S (1992) Recognition of
D-aspartyl residues in polypeptides by the erythrocyte
L-isoaspartyl/D-aspartyl protein
methyltransferase. J Biol Chem 267:5985-5995.
Yamamoto A,
Takagi H, Kitamura D, Tatsuoka H, Nakano H, Kawano H, Kuroyanagi H,
Yahagi Y, Kobayashi S, Koizumi K, Sakai T, Saito K, Chiba T, Kawamura
K, Suzuki K, Watanabe T, Mori H, Shirasawa T (1998) Deficiency in
protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase results in a fatal
progressive epilepsy. J Neurosci
18:2063-2074.
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