| Literature DB >> 868875 |
J C Dreyfus, L Poenaru, M Vibert, N Ravise, J Boue.
Abstract
A family (father and daughter) was found with a deficiency of hexosaminidase (HEX A and HEX B). Residual HEX A activity was about 30% of usual heterozygotes with very little HEX B activity. Thermostability of HEX A was decreased. No immunological cross reacting material was found for HEX A or B. The mechanism seems to be the production of abnormal, unstable beta subunits, which are still capable of combining with alpha subunits to form functional HEX A.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 868875 PMCID: PMC1685303
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hum Genet ISSN: 0002-9297 Impact factor: 11.025