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Hypoglycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan in patients with hereditary IBM due to GNE mutations.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Mar 2004
Huizing Marjan, Rakocevic Goran, Sparks Susan E, Mamali Ioanna, Shatunov Alexey, Goldfarb Lev, Krasnewich Donna, Gahl William A, Dalakas Marinos C
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM) is an adult onset neuromuscular disorder associated with mutations in the gene UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE), whose product is the rate limiting bi-functional enzyme catalyzing the first two steps of sialic acid biosynthesis. Loss of GNE activity in HIBM is thought to impair sialic acid production and interfere with proper...
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