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Disease
[FUMH_HUMAN] Defects in FH are the cause of fumarase deficiency (FHD) [MIM:606812]; also known as fumaricaciduria. FHD is characterized by progressive encephalopathy, developmental delay, hypotonia, cerebral atrophy and lactic and pyruvic acidemia.[:][1] Defects in FH are the cause of hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) [MIM:150800]. A disorder characterized by predisposition to cutaneous and uterine leiomyomas, and papillary type 2 renal cancer which occurs in about 20% of patients.[2]
Function
[FUMH_HUMAN] Also acts as a tumor suppressor.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Human fumarase (HsFH) is a well-known citric acid cycle enzyme and is therefore a key component in energy metabolism. Genetic studies on human patients have shown that polymorphisms in the fumarase gene are responsible for diseases such as hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer. As a first step in unravelling the molecular basis of the mechanism of fumarase deficiency in genetic disorders, the HsFH gene was cloned in pET-28a, heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, purified by nickel-affinity chromatography and crystallized using the vapour-diffusion technique. X-ray diffraction experiments were performed at a synchrotron source and the structure was solved at 2.1 A resolution by molecular replacement.
Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of recombinant human fumarase.,Pereira de Padua RA, Nonato MC Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2014 Jan;70(Pt 1):120-2. doi:, 10.1107/S2053230X13033955. Epub 2013 Dec 24. PMID:24419633[3]
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References
- ↑ Coughlin EM, Christensen E, Kunz PL, Krishnamoorthy KS, Walker V, Dennis NR, Chalmers RA, Elpeleg ON, Whelan D, Pollitt RJ, Ramesh V, Mandell R, Shih VE. Molecular analysis and prenatal diagnosis of human fumarase deficiency. Mol Genet Metab. 1998 Apr;63(4):254-62. PMID:9635293 doi:S1096-7192(98)92684-1
- ↑ Tomlinson IP, Alam NA, Rowan AJ, Barclay E, Jaeger EE, Kelsell D, Leigh I, Gorman P, Lamlum H, Rahman S, Roylance RR, Olpin S, Bevan S, Barker K, Hearle N, Houlston RS, Kiuru M, Lehtonen R, Karhu A, Vilkki S, Laiho P, Eklund C, Vierimaa O, Aittomaki K, Hietala M, Sistonen P, Paetau A, Salovaara R, Herva R, Launonen V, Aaltonen LA. Germline mutations in FH predispose to dominantly inherited uterine fibroids, skin leiomyomata and papillary renal cell cancer. Nat Genet. 2002 Apr;30(4):406-10. Epub 2002 Feb 25. PMID:11865300 doi:10.1038/ng849
- ↑ Pereira de Padua RA, Nonato MC. Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of recombinant human fumarase. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2014 Jan;70(Pt 1):120-2. doi:, 10.1107/S2053230X13033955. Epub 2013 Dec 24. PMID:24419633 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S2053230X13033955
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