Enzymatic defects of hereditary porphyrias: an explanation of dominance at the molecular level - PubMed (original) (raw)
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. 1977 Dec 23;39(3):261-76.
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Enzymatic defects of hereditary porphyrias: an explanation of dominance at the molecular level
G Romeo. Hum Genet. 1977.
Abstract
In four of the five autosomal dominant porphyrias four different partial enzymatic defects of the porphyrin biosynthetic pathway have been discovered in the last few years. With the exception of protoporphyria, the residual enzymatic activity in carriers of these defects is approximately equal to 50% of that found in controls. In each case the pattern of excretion of porphyrin and/or porphyrin precursors reflects the stie of the partial metabolic block. There are indications, at least in intermittent acute porphyria, that the degree of penetrance of the disorder varies according to the level of phenotypic expression, being highest for the enzyme deficiency, lower for the excretion of precursors and lowest for the clinical symptoms. It is proposed that environmental factors, and probably also gene interaction, are the cause of the different degrees of penetrance.
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