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Structural highlights

Disease

ETFA_HUMAN Defects in ETFA are the cause of glutaric aciduria type 2A (GA2A) [MIM:231680; also known as glutaricaciduria IIA. GA2A is an autosomal recessively inherited disorder of fatty acid, amino acid, and choline metabolism. It is characterized by multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiencies resulting in large excretion not only of glutaric acid, but also of lactic, ethylmalonic, butyric, isobutyric, 2-methyl-butyric, and isovaleric acids.^{[1] [2]}

Function

ETFA_HUMAN The electron transfer flavoprotein serves as a specific electron acceptor for several dehydrogenases, including five acyl-CoA dehydrogenases, glutaryl-CoA and sarcosine dehydrogenase. It transfers the electrons to the main mitochondrial respiratory chain via ETF-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (ETF dehydrogenase).

Evolutionary Conservation

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References

1. ↑ Indo Y, Glassberg R, Yokota I, Tanaka K. Molecular characterization of variant alpha-subunit of electron transfer flavoprotein in three patients with glutaric acidemia type II--and identification of glycine substitution for valine-157 in the sequence of the precursor, producing an unstable mature protein in a patient. Am J Hum Genet. 1991 Sep;49(3):575-80. PMID:1882842
2. ↑ Freneaux E, Sheffield VC, Molin L, Shires A, Rhead WJ. Glutaric acidemia type II. Heterogeneity in beta-oxidation flux, polypeptide synthesis, and complementary DNA mutations in the alpha subunit of electron transfer flavoprotein in eight patients. J Clin Invest. 1992 Nov;90(5):1679-86. PMID:1430199 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI116040