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Molecular basis of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria.
Journal of physiology and biochemistry - 1 Dec 2003
Pie J, Casals N, Puisac B, Hegardt F G
Abstract excerpt
3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria is a human autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that usually appears within the first year of life. The causes of this aciduria are lethal mutations in the gene encoding for 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase (HL). HL is a mitochondrial matrix enzyme that catalyzes the last step of ketogenesis and leucine catabolism. This gene has been mapped to chromosome 1 at locus...
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