Article
Evidence for a relation between plasma membrane coenzyme Q and autism.
Frontiers in bioscience (Elite edition) - 1 Jun 2013
Crane Frederick L, Low Hans, Sun Iris L
Abstract excerpt
Voltage Dependent Anion Channel (VDAC) in the cell membrane transports important molecules and ions across the cell membrane. It was recently shown that VDAC also acts as a trans membrane NADH dehydrogenase. A recent study showed that autistic children have increased antibodies to VDAC proteins and such a binding inhibits both the transport and dehydrogenase activities of VDAC. The derived function of VDAC,...
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