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Propionyl-CoA carboxylase - A review.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Dec 2017
Wongkittichote Parith, Ah Mew Nicholas, Chapman Kimberly A
Abstract excerpt
Propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC) is the enzyme which catalyzes the carboxylation of propionyl-CoA to methylmalonyl-CoA and is encoded by the genes PCCA and PCCB to form a hetero-dodecamer. Dysfunction of PCC leads to the inherited metabolic disorder propionic acidemia, which can result in an affected individual presenting with metabolic acidosis, hyperammonemia, lethargy, vomiting and sometimes coma and death if...
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