Article
NDUFB8 Mutations Cause Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency in Individuals with Leigh-like Encephalomyopathy.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2018
Piekutowska-Abramczuk Dorota, Assouline Zahra, Mataković Lavinija, Feichtinger René G, Koňařiková Eliška, Jurkiewicz Elżbieta, Stawiński Piotr, Gusic Mirjana, Koller Andreas, Pollak Agnieszka, Gasperowicz Piotr, Trubicka Joanna, Ciara Elżbieta, Iwanicka-Pronicka Katarzyna, Rokicki Dariusz, Hanein Sylvain, Wortmann Saskia B, Sperl Wolfgang, Rötig Agnès, Prokisch Holger, Pronicka Ewa, Płoski Rafał, Barcia Giulia, Mayr Johannes A
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory chain complex I deficiency is the most frequently identified biochemical defect in childhood mitochondrial diseases. Clinical symptoms range from fatal infantile lactic acidosis to Leigh syndrome and other encephalomyopathies or cardiomyopathies. To date, disease-causing variants in genes coding for 27 complex I subunits, including 7 mitochondrial DNA genes, and in 11 genes encoding complex I assembly...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Brain
- Brain Diseases
- Electron Transport Complex I
- Female
- Fibroblasts
- Humans
- Leigh Disease
