| Literature DB >> 3725502 |
D S Rosenblatt, R Laframboise, J Pichette, P Langevin, B A Cooper, T Costa.
Abstract
An infant with vitamin B12-responsive methylmalonic aciduria and no homocystinuria or megaloblastic anemia presented with stomatitis, glossitis, convulsions, and developmental delay. Cultured fibroblasts showed defective incorporation of both [14C]5-methyltetrahydrofolate and [14C]propionate into protein by whole cells and a decrease of methionine synthase activity in cell extracts. Despite excessive incorporation of [57Co]cyano-B12 by fibroblasts from the patient, free vitamin B12 was unable to efflux from lysosomes, and, therefore, synthesis of both adenosyl-B12 and methyl-B12 was impaired.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3725502
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatrics ISSN: 0031-4005 Impact factor: 7.124