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[AMP-activated protein kinase: how a mistake in energy gauge causes glycogen storage].
Harefuah - 1 Oct 2007
Ofir Michal, Hochhauser Edith, Vidne Bernardo A, Freimark Dov, Arad Michael
Abstract excerpt
Mutation in PRKAG2 encoding the gamma2 subunit of the AMP activated protein kinase (AMPK) cause human cardiomyopathy characterized by hypertrophy, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, conduction system disease and glycogen storage in the myocardium. AMPK is a master metabolic regulator activated by hormones and energy deficient states. A heterotrimer enzyme comprising the catalytic alpha- and regulatory beta-and...
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