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SUBMITTER: Lesage S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4821081 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neurology. Genetics 20150618 1
Rab proteins are small molecular weight guanosine triphosphatases involved in the regulation of vesicular trafficking.(1) Three of 4 X-linked RAB genes are specific to the brain, including RAB39B. Recently, Wilson et al.(2) reported that mutations in RAB39B cause X-linked intellectual disability (ID) and pathologically confirmed Parkinson disease (PD). They identified a ∼45-kb deletion resulting in the complete loss of RAB39B in an Australian kindred and a missense mutation in a large Wisconsin ...[more]