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The hereditary spastic paraplegia-related enzyme DDHD2 is a principal brain triglyceride lipase
29 Sept 2014
Abstract excerpt
Complex hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a genetic disorder that causes lower limb spasticity and weakness and intellectual disability. Deleterious mutations in the poorly characterized serine hydrolase DDHD2 are a causative basis for recessive complex HSP. DDHD2 exhibits phospholipase activity in vitro, but its endogenous substrates and biochemical functions remain unknown. Here, we report the development...
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