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Deficiency Mutations of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin. Effects on Folding, Function, and Polymerization.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 2016
Haq Imran, Irving James A, Saleh Aarash D, Dron Louis, Regan-Mochrie Gemma L, Motamedi-Shad Neda, Hurst John R, Gooptu Bibek, Lomas David A
Abstract excerpt
Misfolding, polymerization, and defective secretion of functional alpha-1 antitrypsin underlies the predisposition to severe liver and lung disease in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. We have identified a novel (Ala336Pro, Baghdad) deficiency variant and characterized it relative to the wild-type (M) and Glu342Lys (Z) alleles. The index case is a homozygous individual of consanguineous parentage, with levels of...
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