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Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 is caused by the accumulation of two neurotoxic sphingolipids.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Apr 2010
Penno Anke, Reilly Mary M, Houlden Henry, Laurá Matilde, Rentsch Katharina, Niederkofler Vera, Stoeckli Esther T, Nicholson Garth, Eichler Florian, Brown Robert H, von Eckardstein Arnold, Hornemann Thorsten
Abstract excerpt
HSAN1 is an inherited neuropathy found to be associated with several missense mutations in the SPTLC1 subunit of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT). SPT catalyzes the condensation of serine and palmitoyl-CoA, the initial step in the de novo synthesis of sphingolipids. Here we show that the HSAN1 mutations induce a shift in the substrate specificity of SPT, which leads to the formation of the two atypical...
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