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A spectrum of molecular variation in a cohort of Italian families with trimethylaminuria: identification of three novel mutations of the FM03 gene.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jun 2006
Teresa Esposito, Lonardo Fortunato, Fiumara Agata, Lombardi Cinzia, Russo Paola, Zuppi Cecilia, Scarano Gioacchino, Musumeci Salvatore, Gianfrancesco Fernando
Abstract excerpt
Fish-odor syndrome or trimethylaminuria, is a rare inborn error of metabolism inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion, involving the dysfunction of hepatic enzyme flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) that converts fishy-smelling trimethylamine (TMA) into odorless trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). This confers, to the affected individual a very unpleasant body odor resembling that of rotting fish. This...
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