Article
Positive newborn screen for methylmalonic aciduria identifies the first mutation in TCblR/CD320, the gene for cellular uptake of transcobalamin-bound vitamin B(12).
Human mutation - 1 Aug 2010
Quadros Edward V, Lai Shao-Chiang, Nakayama Yasumi, Sequeira Jeffrey M, Hannibal Luciana, Wang Sihe, Jacobsen Donald W, Fedosov Sergey, Wright Erica, Gallagher Renata C, Anastasio Natascia, Watkins David, Rosenblatt David S
Abstract excerpt
Elevated methylmalonic acid in five asymptomatic newborns whose fibroblasts showed decreased uptake of transcobalamin-bound cobalamin (holo-TC), suggested a defect in the cellular uptake of cobalamin. Analysis of TCblR/CD320, the gene for the receptor for cellular uptake of holo-TC, identified a homozygous single codon deletion, c.262_264GAG (p.E88del), resulting in the loss of a glutamic acid residue in the...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
