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An Early-Onset Neuronopathic Form of Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency: A SMPD1 p.C133Y Mutation in the Saposin Domain of Acid Sphingomyelinase.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Jan 2020
Ota Shozo, Noguchi Atsuko, Kondo Daiki, Nakajima Yoko, Ito Tetsuya, Arai Hirokazu, Takahashi Tsutomu
Abstract excerpt
Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) is a lysosomal hydrolase that degrades sphingomyelin into ceramide and phosphocholine. Recent crystallographic studies revealed the functional role of the N-terminal ASM saposin domain. ASM deficiency due to mutations in the ASM-encoding sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1 (SMPD1) gene causes an autosomal recessive sphingolipid-storage disorder, known as Niemann-Pick disease Type A (NPA)...
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