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Molecular analysis of a new patient COX15 mutation provides insight into the etiology of fatal infantile cardioencephalopathy.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Jun 2026
Carroll-Deaton Jayda A, Bohovych Iryna, Emetu Faith T, Dietz Jonathan V, Rivett Elise D, Stanley Elinor, Hegg Eric L, Fox Jennifer L, Khalimonchuk Oleh
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Mitochondrial disease can result from mutations in the enzymes responsible for biosynthesis of heme a and hemylation of respiratory complex IV of the electron transport chain, also known as cytochrome c oxidase (CcO). One of these enzymes, which is essential for assembly and function of CcO and thus function of the electron transport chain, is heme a synthase, COX15. A previously unknown fatal missense mutation...
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