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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Dyonne Hartong
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-12086 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Hartong Dyonne T DT Dange Mayura M McGee Terri L TL Berson Eliot L EL Dryja Thaddeus P TP Colman Roberta F RF
Nature genetics 20080921 10
Here we describe two families with retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary neurodegeneration of rod and cone photoreceptors in the retina. Affected family members were homozygous for loss-of-function mutations in IDH3B, encoding the beta-subunit of NAD-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase (NAD-IDH, or IDH3), which is believed to catalyze the oxidation of isocitrate to alpha-ketoglutarate in the citric acid cycle. Cells from affected individuals had a substantial reduction of NAD-IDH activity, with about ...[more]