Identification of a common mutation in the carnitine palmitoyltransferase II gene in familial recurrent myoglobinuria patients.

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Carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) II deficiency is the most common inherited disorder of lipid metabolism affecting skeletal muscle. We have identified a missense mutation (Ser113Leu) in one patient with the classical muscular symptomatology. Transfection experiments in COS cells demonstrate that the mutation drastically depresses the catalytic activity of CPT II. The mutation results in normal synthesis but a...

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