| Literature DB >> 9622938 |
P Kamoun1, B Aral, J M Saudubray.
Abstract
delta 1-pyrroline 5-carboxylate synthetase (P5C synthetase) catalyzes the ATP and the NAD(P)H-dependent conversion of L-glutamate to glutamate semialdehyde (GSA) which is the metabolic precursor for proline biosynthesis. We described in two siblings a paradoxical hyperammonemia with hypoprolinemia and hypoornithinemia associated to bilateral cataract, mental retardation, joint laxity and skin hyperelasticity. We cloned human P5C synthetase-cDNA by database cloning strategy: this cDNA has an open reading frame of 2,385 bases coding for a polypeptide of 795 amino acids. Both patients are homozygous for an L396S substitution, this amino acid being highly conserved across species. This is the first report of a P5C synthetase deficiency in human.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9622938
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bull Acad Natl Med ISSN: 0001-4079 Impact factor: 0.144