Article
Demonstration of an unstable variant of pyruvate dehydrogenase protein (E1) in cultured fibroblasts from a patient with congenital lactic acidemia.
Pediatric research - 1 Jul 1991
Huq A H, Ito M, Naito E, Saijo T, Takeda E, Kuroda Y
Abstract excerpt
The deficiency of pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme complex causes congenital lactic acidemia and devastating neurologic abnormalities in newborns and children. In the majority of cases, the basic defect appears to be in the pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1) component, which consists of two subunits, alpha...
Topics
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- Female
- Fibroblasts
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Lactates
- Lactic Acid
- Mitochondria
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Precursors
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
