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FDXR variants cause adrenal insufficiency and atypical sexual development.
JCI insight - 17 Jun 2024
Pignatti Emanuele, Slone Jesse, Gómez Cano María Ángeles, Campbell Teresa Margaret, Vu Jimmy, Sauter Kay-Sara, Pandey Amit V, Martínez-Azorín Francisco, Alonso-Riaño Marina, Neilson Derek E, Longo Nicola, du Toit Therina, Voegel Clarissa D, Huang Taosheng, Flück Christa E
Abstract excerpt
Genetic defects affecting steroid biosynthesis cause cortisol deficiency and differences of sex development; among these defects are recessive mutations in the steroidogenic enzymes CYP11A1 and CYP11B, whose function is supported by reducing equivalents donated by ferredoxin reductase (FDXR) and ferredoxin. So far, mutations in the mitochondrial flavoprotein FDXR have been associated with a progressive...
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