Expression of glycogen phosphorylase isoforms in cultured muscle from patients with McArdle's disease carrying the p.R771PfsX33 PYGM mutation.

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BACKGROUND: Mutations in the PYGM gene encoding skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase (GP) cause a metabolic disorder known as McArdle's disease. Previous studies in muscle biopsies and cultured muscle cells from McArdle patients have shown that PYGM mutations abolish GP activity in skeletal muscle, but that the enzyme activity reappears when muscle cells are in culture. The identification of the GP isoenzyme...

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