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Mutations in COX15 produce a defect in the mitochondrial heme biosynthetic pathway, causing early-onset fatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2003
Antonicka Hana, Mattman Andre, Carlson Christopher G, Glerum D Moira, Hoffbuhr Kristen C, Leary Scot C, Kennaway Nancy G, Shoubridge Eric A
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Deficiencies in the activity of cytochrome c oxidase (COX), the terminal enzyme in the respiratory chain, are a frequent cause of autosomal recessive mitochondrial disease in infants. These patients are clinically and genetically heterogeneous, and all defects so far identified in this group have been found in genes coding for accessory proteins that play important roles in the assembly of the COX holoenzyme...
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