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10783384

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
27
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
Primary carnitine deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder of fatty acid oxidation characterized by hypoketotic hypoglycemia and skeletal and cardiac myopathy. It is caused by mutations in the sodium-dependent carnitine cotransporter OCTN2. The majority of natural mutations identified in this and other Na(+)/solute symporters introduce premature termination codons or impair insertion of the mutant transporter on the plasma membrane. Here we report that a missense mutation (E452K) identified in one patient with primary carnitine deficiency did not affect membrane targeting, as assessed with confocal microscopy of transporters tagged with the green fluorescent protein, but reduced carnitine transport by impairing sodium stimulation of carnitine transport. The natural mutation increased the concentration of sodium required to half-maximally stimulate carnitine transport (K(Na)) from the physiological value of 11.6 to 187 mm. Substitution of Glu(452) with glutamine (E452Q), aspartate (E452D), or alanine (E452A) caused intermediate increases in the K(Na). Carnitine transport decreased exponentially with increased K(Na). The E452K mutation is the first natural mutation in a mammalian cotransporter affecting sodium-coupled solute transfer and identifies a novel domain of the OCTN2 cotransporter involved in transmembrane sodium/solute transfer.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
20782-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Abnormal sodium stimulation of carnitine transport in primary carnitine deficiency.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't