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Natural osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide corrects assembly defects of mutant branched-chain alpha-ketoacid decarboxylase in maple syrup urine disease.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Oct 2001
Song J L, Chuang D T
Abstract excerpt
Maple syrup urine disease is caused by deficiency in the mitochondrial branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKD) complex. The clinical phenotype includes often fatal ketoacidosis, neurological derangement, and mental retardation. The type IA mutations Y393N-alpha, Y368C-alpha, and F364C-alpha, which occur in the E1alpha subunit of the decarboxylase (E1) component of the BCKD complex, impede the...
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