Biology:NDUFS6

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 6, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NDUFS6 gene.[1][2]

Function

The multisubunit NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) is the first enzyme complex in the electron transport chain of mitochondria. The iron-sulfur protein (IP) fraction is made up of 7 subunits, including NDUFS6.[2]

Clinical significance

Mutations in the NDUFS6 gene are associated with mitochondrial Complex I deficiency, and are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. This deficiency is the most common enzymatic defect of the oxidative phosphorylation disorders.[3][4] Mitochondrial complex I deficiency shows extreme genetic heterogeneity and can be caused by mutation in nuclear-encoded genes or in mitochondrial-encoded genes. There are no obvious genotype-phenotype correlations, and inference of the underlying basis from the clinical or biochemical presentation is difficult, if not impossible.[5] However, the majority of cases are caused by mutations in nuclear-encoded genes.[6][7] It causes a wide range of clinical disorders, ranging from lethal neonatal disease to adult-onset neurodegenerative disorders. Phenotypes include macrocephaly with progressive leukodystrophy, nonspecific encephalopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, myopathy, liver disease, Leigh syndrome, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, and some forms of Parkinson disease.[8]

In NDUFS6 mutations the presentation is typically a neonatal lactic acidosis that is swiftly fatal, coupled with multi-system failure.[3][5][8]

See also

References

  1. "Intron based radiation hybrid mapping of 15 complex I genes of the human electron transport chain". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 82 (1–2): 115–9. Nov 1998. doi:10.1159/000015082. PMID 9763677. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: NDUFS6 NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) Fe-S protein 6, 13kDa (NADH-coenzyme Q reductase)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=4726. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "NDUFS6 mutations are a novel cause of lethal neonatal mitochondrial complex I deficiency". The Journal of Clinical Investigation 114 (6): 837–45. Sep 2004. doi:10.1172/JCI20683. PMID 15372108. 
  4. "De novo mutations in the mitochondrial ND3 gene as a cause of infantile mitochondrial encephalopathy and complex I deficiency". Annals of Neurology 55 (1): 58–64. Jan 2004. doi:10.1002/ana.10787. PMID 14705112. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Molecular diagnosis in mitochondrial complex I deficiency using exome sequencing". Journal of Medical Genetics 49 (4): 277–83. Apr 2012. doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2012-100846. PMID 22499348. https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/21895/1/oa_21895.pdf. 
  6. "Isolated complex I deficiency in children: clinical, biochemical and genetic aspects". Human Mutation 15 (2): 123–34. 2000. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(200002)15:2<123::AID-HUMU1>3.0.CO;2-P. PMID 10649489. 
  7. "Respiratory chain complex I deficiency". American Journal of Medical Genetics 106 (1): 37–45. 2001. doi:10.1002/ajmg.1397. PMID 11579423. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Human complex I deficiency: clinical spectrum and involvement of oxygen free radicals in the pathogenicity of the defect". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 1364 (2): 271–86. May 1998. doi:10.1016/s0005-2728(98)00033-4. PMID 9593934. 

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