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Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 mutations confer dominant negative effects on serine palmitoyltransferase, critical for sphingolipid synthesis.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Nov 2002
Bejaoui Khemissa, Uchida Yoshikazu, Yasuda Satoshi, Ho Mengfatt, Nishijima Masahiro, Brown Robert H, Holleran Walter M, Hanada Kentaro
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 (HSN1) is a dominantly inherited degenerative disorder of the peripheral nerves. HSN1 is clinically and genetically heterogeneous. One form arises from mutations in the gene SPTLC1 encoding long-chain base 1 (LCB1), one of two subunits of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), the enzyme catalyzing the initial step of sphingolipid synthesis. We have examined the effects of the...
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