MMACHC explained
Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria type C protein (MMACHC) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MMACHC gene.[1]
Function
The C-terminal region of the product of the MMACHC gene is similar to TonB, a bacterial protein involved in energy transduction for cobalamin uptake.[1] The MMACHC gene product catalyzes the decyanation of cyanocobalamin as well as the dealkylationof alkylcobalamins including methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin.[2] This function has also been attributed to cobalamin reductases.[3] The MMACHC gene product and cobalamin reductases enable the interconversion of cyano- and alkylcobalamins.[4] [5]
Clinical significance
Mutations are associated with combined homocystinuria and methylmalonic acidemia.[1] [6] [7] [8]
Further reading
- Froese DS, Zhang J, Healy S, Gravel RA . Mechanism of vitamin B12-responsiveness in cblC methylmalonic aciduria with homocystinuria. . Mol. Genet. Metab. . 98 . 4 . 338–43 . 2009 . 19700356 . 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.07.014 .
- Tang H, Hao H, Tang SH, etal . [Mutation analysis of the MMACHC gene in a pedigree with methylmalonic aciduria] . Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi . 26 . 1 . 62–5 . 2009 . 19199254 . 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1003-9406.2009.01.014 . 2024-04-26 .
- Profitlich LE, Kirmse B, Wasserstein MP, etal . High prevalence of structural heart disease in children with cblC-type methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria. . Mol. Genet. Metab. . 98 . 4 . 344–8 . 2009 . 19767224 . 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.07.017 .
- Nogueira C, Aiello C, Cerone R, etal . Spectrum of MMACHC mutations in Italian and Portuguese patients with combined methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria, cblC type. . Mol. Genet. Metab. . 93 . 4 . 475–80 . 2008 . 18164228 . 10.1016/j.ymgme.2007.11.005 .
- Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE, etal . The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1. . Nature . 441 . 7091 . 315–21 . 2006 . 16710414 . 10.1038/nature04727 . 2006Natur.441..315G . 4431933 . free .
- Lerner-Ellis JP, Anastasio N, Liu J, etal . Spectrum of mutations in MMACHC, allelic expression, and evidence for genotype-phenotype correlations. . Hum. Mutat. . 30 . 7 . 1072–81 . 2009 . 19370762 . 10.1002/humu.21001 . 2767341 . free .
- Hannibal L, Kim J, Brasch NE, etal . Processing of alkylcobalamins in mammalian cells: A role for the MMACHC (cblC) gene product. . Mol. Genet. Metab. . 97 . 4 . 260–6 . 2009 . 19447654 . 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.04.005 . 2709701 .
- Thauvin-Robinet C, Roze E, Couvreur G, etal . The adolescent and adult form of cobalamin C disease: clinical and molecular spectrum. . J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry . 79 . 6 . 725–8 . 2008 . 18245139 . 10.1136/jnnp.2007.133025 . 23493993 .
- Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
- Kim J, Hannibal L, Gherasim C, etal . A human vitamin B12 trafficking protein uses glutathione transferase activity for processing alkylcobalamins. . J. Biol. Chem. . 284 . 48 . 33418–24 . 2009 . 19801555 . 10.1074/jbc.M109.057877 . 2785186 . free .
- Richard E, Jorge-Finnigan A, Garcia-Villoria J, etal . Genetic and cellular studies of oxidative stress in methylmalonic aciduria (MMA) cobalamin deficiency type C (cblC) with homocystinuria (MMACHC). . Hum. Mutat. . 30 . 11 . 1558–66 . 2009 . 19760748 . 10.1002/humu.21107 . 42657972 . free .
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2002 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
- Loewy AD, Niles KM, Anastasio N, etal . Epigenetic modification of the gene for the vitamin B(12) chaperone MMACHC can result in increased tumorigenicity and methionine dependence. . Mol. Genet. Metab. . 96 . 4 . 261–7 . 2009 . 19200761 . 10.1016/j.ymgme.2008.12.011 .
- Kim J, Gherasim C, Banerjee R . Decyanation of vitamin B12 by a trafficking chaperone. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 105 . 38 . 14551–4 . 2008 . 18779575 . 10.1073/pnas.0805989105 . 2567227 . 2008PNAS..10514551K . free .
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Notes and References
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- Luciana Hannibal, Jihoe Kim, Nicola E. Brasch, Sihe Wang, David S. Rosenblatt, Ruma Banerjee, and Donald W. Jacobsen (August 2009). "Processing of alkylcobalamins in mammalian cells: a role for the MMACHC (cblC) gene product". Mol Genet Metab. 2009 Aug; 97(4): 260–266.
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- Quadros, EV. "Advances in the Understanding of Cobalamin Assimilation and Metabolism". Br J Haematol. 2010 Jan; 148(2): 195–204.
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- Morel CF, Lerner-Ellis JP, Rosenblatt DS . Combined methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria (cblC): phenotype-genotype correlations and ethnic-specific observations . Mol. Genet. Metab. . 88 . 4 . 315–21 . August 2006 . 16714133 . 10.1016/j.ymgme.2006.04.001 .
- Tsai AC, Morel CF, Scharer G, Yang M, Lerner-Ellis JP, Rosenblatt DS, Thomas JA . Late-onset combined homocystinuria and methylmalonic aciduria (cblC) and neuropsychiatric disturbance . Am. J. Med. Genet. A . 143A . 20 . 2430–4 . October 2007 . 17853453 . 10.1002/ajmg.a.31932 . 19372503 .