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Three novel mutations in the carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) gene in patients with CACT deficiency and in healthy individuals.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2013
Fukushima Takao, Kaneoka Hidetoshi, Yasuno Tetsuhiko, Sasaguri Yukari, Tokuyasu Tomoko, Tokoro Kuniko, Fukao Toshiyuki, Saito Takao
Abstract excerpt
Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) and carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT2) are key enzymes for transporting long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria. Deficiencies of these enzymes, which are clinically characterized by life-threatening non-ketotic hypoglycemia and rhabdomyolysis, cannot be distinguished by acylcarnitine analysis performed using tandem mass spectrometry. We had previously reported the...
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