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Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria type D protein, mitochondrial also known as MMADHC is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MMADHC gene.[5]

Function

This gene encodes a protein localized in cytosol and mitochondria that is involved in an early step of vitamin B12 metabolism. Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is essential for normal development and survival in humans.[6]

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene cause methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria type cblD (MMADHC), a disorder of cobalamin metabolism that is characterized by decreased levels of the coenzymes adenosylcobalamin and methylcobalamin.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000168288Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000026766Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ “Human PubMed Reference:”. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ “Mouse PubMed Reference:”. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b Coelho D, Suormala T, Stucki M, Lerner-Ellis JP, Rosenblatt DS, Newbold RF, Baumgartner MR, Fowler B (April 2008). “Gene identification for the cblD defect of vitamin B12 metabolism”. N. Engl. J. Med. 358 (14): 1454–64. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa072200. PMID 18385497. S2CID 15107040.
  6. ^ “Entrez Gene: MMADHC Methylmalonic aciduria (cobalamin deficiency) cblD type, with homocystinuria”.

Further reading

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