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Congenital Hypermetabolism and Uncoupled Oxidative Phosphorylation.
The New England journal of medicine - 13 Oct 2022
Ganetzky Rebecca D, Markhard Andrew L, Yee Irene, Clever Sheila, Cahill Alan, Shah Hardik, Grabarek Zenon, To Tsz-Leung, Mootha Vamsi K
Abstract excerpt
We describe the case of identical twin boys who presented with low body weight despite excessive caloric intake. An evaluation of their fibroblasts showed elevated oxygen consumption and decreased mitochondrial membrane potential. Exome analysis revealed a de novo heterozygous variant in ATP5F1B, which encodes the β subunit of mitochondrial ATP synthase (also called complex V). In yeast, mutations affecting the...
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