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  • Title: Interallelic complementation of beta-subunit defects in fibroblasts of patients with propionyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency microinjected with mutant cDNA constructs.
    Author: Loyer M, Leclerc D, Gravel RA.
    Journal: Hum Mol Genet; 1995 Jun; 4(6):1035-9. PubMed ID: 7655456.
    Abstract:
    Propionic acidemia results from deficiency of propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC) activity. PCC is a biotin-dependent, mitochondrial enzyme composed of alpha- and beta-subunits (structure, alpha 4 beta 4), with the alpha-subunit containing the biotin ligand. About two-thirds of fibroblast lines from patients with mutations in the PCCB (beta-subunit) gene show interallelic complementation in cell fusion experiments (the pccB and pccC subgroups of the pccBC major group defining beta-subunit mutations, where pccB x pccC fusions show complementation). We previously identified the mutations in several pccB or pccC cell lines and suggested that point mutations or small, in-frame insertions or deletions were likely responsible for the complementation obtained between beta-subunit defects. To test this hypothesis, we have introduced five different mutations (three pccB and two pccC) that fit these criteria into a PCC beta-subunit cDNA plasmid expressed from a cytomegalovirus promoter. The cDNA plasmids were microinjected into mutant fibroblasts and the cells were assayed by radioautographic detection of 14C-propionate incorporation into cellular macromolecules. Four different mutations (Pro228Leu or dupKICK140 from pccB or delta IIe408 or Arg410Trp from pccC) complemented cells from complementation subgroups in a pattern congruent with the results obtained in cell fusion experiments. The fifth mutation, Arg536Asn, which was found both in a complementing pccB and a non-complementing pccBC cell line, failed to complement any of the mutant cell lines.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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