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Mutations of FLVCR1 in posterior column ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa result in the loss of heme export activity.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 15 Jun 2012
Yanatori Izumi, Yasui Yumiko, Miura Koshiro, Kishi Fumio
Abstract excerpt
The feline leukemia virus subgroup C receptor 1 (FLVCR1) is a heme exporter that maintains the intracellular heme concentration. FLVCR1 was previously assumed to be involved in Diamond-Blackfan anemia, and it was recently reported that mutations in the FLVCR1 gene are found in patients with posterior column ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa (PCARP). Four mutations in FLVCR1 (Asn121Asp, Cys192Arg, Ala241Thr, and...
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