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Defect in proline synthesis: pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase 1 deficiency leads to a complex clinical phenotype with collagen and elastin abnormalities.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jun 2011
Kretz Rita, Bozorgmehr Bita, Kariminejad Mohamad Hasan, Rohrbach Marianne, Hausser Ingrid, Baumer Alessandra, Baumgartner Matthias, Giunta Cecilia, Kariminejad Ariana, Häberle Johannes
Abstract excerpt
Pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase 1 (PYCR1) catalyzes the last step in proline synthesis. Deficiency of PYCR1, caused by a defect in PYCR1, was recently described in patients with cutis laxa, intrauterine growth retardation, developmental dysplasia of the hips and mental retardation. In this paper, we describe additional six patients (ages ranging from 4 months to 55 years) from four Iranian families with...
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