| Literature DB >> 19379689 |
Michio Hirano1, Salvatore DiMauro.
Abstract
The Vma21p protein in yeast is an essential assembly chaperone for the vacuolar ATPase, the major proton pump of cellular membranes. In this issue, Ramachandran et al. (2009) report that mutations in the gene encoding the human homolog VMA21 cause the disease X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy through an unexpected mechanism.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19379689 PMCID: PMC2731491 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.04.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582