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Mutations in TIMM50 compromise cell survival in OxPhos-dependent metabolic conditions.
EMBO molecular medicine - 1 Oct 2018
Reyes Aurelio, Melchionda Laura, Burlina Alberto, Robinson Alan J, Ghezzi Daniele, Zeviani Massimo
Abstract excerpt
TIMM50 is an essential component of the TIM23 complex, the mitochondrial inner membrane machinery that imports cytosolic proteins containing a mitochondrial targeting presequence into the mitochondrial inner compartment. Whole exome sequencing (WES) identified compound heterozygous pathogenic mutations in TIMM50 in an infant patient with rapidly progressive, severe encephalopathy. Patient fibroblasts presented...
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