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The Mmachc gene is required for pre-implantation embryogenesis in the mouse.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jul 2014
Moreno-Garcia Maira A, Pupavac Mihaela, Rosenblatt David S, Tremblay Michel L, Jerome-Majewska Loydie A
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Patients with mutations in MMACHC have the autosomal recessive disease of cobalamin metabolism known as cblC. These patients are unable to convert cobalamin into the two active forms, methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin and consequently have elevated homocysteine and methylmalonic acid in blood and urine. In addition, some cblC patients have structural abnormalities, including congenital heart defects. MMACHC...
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