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The functional cobalamin (vitamin B12)-intrinsic factor receptor is a novel complex of cubilin and amnionless.
Blood - 1 Mar 2004
Fyfe John C, Madsen Mette, Højrup Peter, Christensen Erik I, Tanner Stephan M, de la Chapelle Albert, He Qianchuan, Moestrup Søren K
Abstract excerpt
Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (I-GS, megaloblastic anemia 1) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by intestinal cobalamin (vitamin B(12)) malabsorption and proteinuria. I-GS-causing mutations are found in either of 2 genes encoding the epithelial proteins: cubilin and amnionless (AMN). Cubilin recognizes intrinsic factor (IF)-cobalamin and various other proteins to be endocytosed in the intestine and...
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