呼吸链
共济失调
黄蛋白
萎缩
线粒体呼吸链
肌病
突变
生物
弗拉塔辛
线粒体肌病
基因
线粒体
遗传学
线粒体DNA
生物化学
乌头酸酶
酶
神经科学
作者
Mark A. Birch-Machin,Robert W. Taylor,Bruce Cochran,Brian A.C. Ackrell,Douglass M. Turnbull
标识
DOI:10.1002/1531-8249(200009)48:3<330::aid-ana7>3.0.co;2-a
摘要
Genetic defects affecting the mitochondrial respiratory chain are an important cause of neurological disease. Previously, we identified a family with complex II deficiency and late-onset neurodegenerative disease with progressive optic atrophy, ataxia, and myopathy. The affected family members are now shown to carry a C-to-T transition in one allele of the nuclear gene encoding the flavoprotein subunit of complex II. Mutation of the equivalent base in Escherichia coli generates an inactive enzyme unable to bind flavin adenine dinucleotide covalently. Compatible with these findings, our patients have an approximate 50% decrease in complex II and succinate dehydrogenase activity. These results suggest that genetic defects of nuclear-encoded subunits of the mitochondrial respiratory chain can result in late-onset neurodegenerative disease.
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