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SUBMITTER: Wolfe LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3995744 | biostudies-other | 2012 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wolfe Lynne A LA Morava Eva E He Miao M Vockley Jerry J Gibson K Michael KM
American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics 20121011 4
Dolichols, polyisoprene alcohols derived from the mevalonate pathway of cholesterol synthesis, serve as carriers of glycan precursors for the formation of oligosaccharides important in protein glycosylation. Seven autosomal-recessively inherited disorders in the metabolism (synthesis, utilization, recycling) of the dolichols have recently been described, and all are associated with decreased lipid-linked oligosaccharides leading to underglycosylated proteins or lipids which facilitate their dete ...[more]