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[L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria, an error of metabolism].
Bulletin et memoires de l'Academie royale de medecine de Belgique - 1 Jan 2007
Van Schaftingen E
Abstract excerpt
The neurometabolic disorder L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria was recently shown to be due to a defect in L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase. This FAD-linked enzyme catalyses the irreversible conversion of L-2-hydroxyglutarate to alpha-ketoglutarate. The formation of L-2-hydroxyglutarate results from a side-activity of mitochondrial L-malate dehydrogenase, the enzyme which normally catalyses the interconversion of...
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