## Abstract Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a group of metabolic disorders resulting from defective synthesis of Nβlinked oligosaccharides. CDGβIa is the most common of the 21 known types defined by defects in different steps of the synthetic pathway. An increasing number of America
Mutations in PMM2 that cause congenital disorders of glycosylation, type Ia (CDG-Ia)
β Scribed by G. Matthijs; E. Schollen; C. Bjursell; A. Erlandson; H. Freeze; F. Imtiaz; S. Kjaergaard; T. Martinsson; M. Schwartz; N. Seta; S. Vuillaumier-Barrot; V. Westphal; B. Winchester
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 345 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1059-7794
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β¦ Synopsis
The PMM2 gene, which is defective in CDG-Ia, was cloned three years ago [Matthijs et al., 1997b]. Several publications list PMM2 mutations [
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## Abstract Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a group of metabolic disorders with multisystemic involvement characterized by abnormalities in the synthesis of Nβlinked oligosaccharides. The most common form, CDGβIa, resulting from mutations in the gene encoding the enzyme phosphomanno
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Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type Ia (CDGS) is an autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by a central nervous system dysfunction and multiorgan failure associated with defective N-glycosylation and phosphomannomutase (PMM) deficiency related to mutations in the PMM2 gene. A tota