Abstract
Mutation analysis of the complete coding regions at the cDNA level of the nuclear ATP11, ATP12, ATPα, ATPß and ATPγ genes and the mitochondrial MTATP6 and MTAT8 genes was undertaken in two unrelated patients. Blue Native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by catalytic staining had already documented their complex V decreased activity.
Extensive molecular analysis of five nuclear and two mitochondrial genes revealed a mutation in the ATP12 assembly gene in one patient. This mutation is believed to be the cause of the impaired complex V activity. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a pathogenic mutation in a human nuclear encoded ATPase assembly gene.
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