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Molecular genetic heterogeneity of phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) deficiency.
Muscle & nerve. Supplement - 1 Jan 1995
Tsujino S, Shanske S, DiMauro S
Abstract excerpt
Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK; EC 2.7.2.3) is a glycolytic enzyme encoded by a single gene on the X chromosome and ubiquitously expressed. Hereditary PGK deficiency can cause hemolytic anemia, central nervous system dysfunction, and/or myopathy characterized by exercise intolerance, cramps, and myoglobinuria. So far, 20 PGK variants with reduced PGK activity have been identified, 8 of them in patients with...
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