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Review of Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Pathogenic Variants in GFPT1.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Sept 2026
Ohno Kinji, Nazim Mohammad, Zhang Ruchen, Farshadyeganeh Paniz, Ito Mikako, Ohkawara Bisei
Abstract excerpt
Glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate transaminase 1 (GFPT1) catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step of the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) to generate UDP-GlcNAc. GFPT1 exon 9 is specifically spliced in in striated muscles, which makes a long isoform of GFPT1 (GFPT1-L). In contrast, a short isoform (GFPT1-S) is generated in the other tissues. GFPT1-L was likely acquired in evolution to suppress the HBP in...
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- Humans
- Glutamine-Fructose-6-Phosphate Transaminase (Isomerizing)
- Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital
- Animals
- Female
- Child, Preschool
