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AMPD1 C34T mutation selectively affects AMP-deaminase activity in the human heart.
Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids - 1 Jan 2005
Kalsi K K, Yuen A H Y, Johnson P H, Birks E J, Yacoub M H, Smolenski R T
Abstract excerpt
Possession of the nonsense mutation in AMPD 1 C34T gene has been linked to improved survival in patients with heart failure, possibly by promoting the formation of adenosine. This mutation is known to decrease the activity of AMP-deaminase in skeletal muscle. We have found that the AMPD1 mutation decreases the activity of AMP-deaminase in the heart without changing the activity of any other enzymes of adenine...
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