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Non-synonymous variants in the AMACR gene are associated with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Dec 2010
Bespalova Irina N, Durner Martina, Ritter Benjamin P, Angelo Gary W, Rossy-Fullana Enrique, Carrion-Baralt Jose, Schmeidler James, Silverman Jeremy M
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BACKGROUND: The AMACR gene is located in the schizophrenia susceptibility locus on chromosome 5p13, previously identified in a large Puerto Rican pedigree of Spanish origin. The AMACR-encoded protein is an enzyme involved in the metabolism of branched-chain fatty and bile acids. The enzyme deficiency causes structural and functional brain changes, and disturbances in fatty acid and oxidative phosphorylation...
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