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A suggested role for mitochondria in Noonan syndrome.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Feb 2010
Lee Icksoo, Pecinova Alena, Pecina Petr, Neel Benjamin G, Araki Toshiyuki, Kucherlapati Raju, Roberts Amy E, Hüttemann Maik
Abstract excerpt
Noonan syndrome (NS) is an autosomal dominant disorder, and a main feature is congenital heart malformation. About 50% of cases are caused by gain-of-function mutations in the tyrosine phosphatase SHP2/PTPN11, a downstream regulator of ERK/MAPK. Recently it was reported that SHP2 also localizes to the mitochondrial intercristae/intermembrane space (IMS), but the role of SHP2 in mitochondria is unclear. The...
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