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SUBMITTER: Caglayan AO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4804755 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Caglayan Ahmet Okay AO Comu Sinan S Baranoski Jacob F JF Parman Yesim Y Kaymakçalan Hande H Akgumus Gozde Tugce GT Caglar Caner C Dolen Duygu D Erson-Omay Emine Zeynep EZ Harmanci Akdes Serin AS Mishra-Gorur Ketu K Freeze Hudson H HH Yasuno Katsuhito K Bilguvar Kaya K Gunel Murat M
European journal of medical genetics 20140909 1
N-glycanase 1 (NGLY1) is a conserved enzyme that is responsible for the deglycosylation of misfolded N-glycosylated proteins in the cytoplasm prior to their proteasome-mediated degradation. Disruption of this degradation process has been associated with various neurologic diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Here, we describe two siblings with neuromotor impairment, apparent intellectual disability, corneal opacities, and neuropathy who were found to possess ...[more]