| Literature DB >> 26611709 |
Hans R Waterham1, Sacha Ferdinandusse2, Ronald J A Wanders2.
Abstract
Peroxisomes are dynamic organelles that play an essential role in a variety of cellular catabolic and anabolic metabolic pathways, including fatty acid alpha- and beta-oxidation, and plasmalogen and bile acid synthesis. Defects in genes encoding peroxisomal proteins can result in a large variety of peroxisomal disorders either affecting specific metabolic pathways, i.e., the single peroxisomal enzyme deficiencies, or causing a generalized defect in function and assembly of peroxisomes, i.e., peroxisome biogenesis disorders. In this review, we discuss the clinical, biochemical, and genetic aspects of all human peroxisomal disorders currently known.Entities:
Keywords: Biogenesis; Enzyme deficiencies; Metabolism; PEX genes; Peroxisomes; Zellweger spectrum disorders
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26611709 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.11.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002