Twelve novel HGD gene variants identified in 99 alkaptonuria patients: focus on ‘black bone disease’ in Italy

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Summary

Using mCSM and DUET, computational approaches based on the protein 3D structure, the novel missense variants are predicted to affect the activity of the enzyme by three mechanisms: decrease of stability of individual protomers, disruption of protomer-protomer interactions or modification of residues in the region of the active site.

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Published
2015-03-25
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Keywords

Alkaptonuria, Genetics, Gene, Disease, Focus (optics)

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