[Molecular basis of vitamin-responsive inborn errors of metabolism].

Abstract excerpt

In inborn errors where the defective enzyme had a cofactor requirement it was found that the administration of large amounts of the vitamin resulted in a clinical and biochemical improvement. A mutation that imposes an exaggerated requirement for a vitamin affects the apoenzyme directly, the conversion of a vitamin into coenzyme, or the attachment of vitamin to the apoenzyme. Direct proof has so far been provided...

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