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Propionic acidemia: analysis of mutant propionyl-CoA carboxylase enzymes expressed in Escherichia coli.
Human mutation - 1 Jun 2002
Chloupkova Maja, Maclean Kenneth N, Alkhateeb Asem, Kraus Jan P
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC) results in propionic acidemia, an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by ketoacidosis sufficiently severe to cause neonatal death. PCC is involved in the catabolism of branched-chain amino acids, odd-chain fatty acids, and cholesterol. The enzyme is a biotin-dependent mitochondrial protein composed of two heterologous subunits arranged into an 800-kDa alpha(6...
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