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Mutant SPTLC1 dominantly inhibits serine palmitoyltransferase activity in vivo and confers an age-dependent neuropathy.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Nov 2005
McCampbell Alexander, Truong David, Broom Daniel C, Allchorne Andrew, Gable Ken, Cutler Roy G, Mattson Mark P, Woolf Clifford J, Frosch Matthew P, Harmon Jeffrey M, Dunn Teresa M, Brown Robert H
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in enzymes involved in sphingolipid metabolism and trafficking cause a variety of neurological disorders, but details of the molecular pathophysiology remain obscure. SPTLC1 encodes one subunit of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), the rate-limiting enzyme in sphingolipid synthesis. Mutations in SPTLC1 cause hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (type I) (HSAN1), an adult onset, autosomal dominant...
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