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ReviewJournal of inherited metabolic disease2023

New insights into the pathophysiology of methylmalonic acidemia.

PamelaSara E Head, Jordan L Meier, Charles P Venditti

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Review in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

PamelaSara E HeadNational Institute of General Medical Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9822-9414
Jordan L MeierNational Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Chemical Biology Laboratory, Epigenetics and Metabolism Section, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0537-7101
Charles P VendittiNational Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6599-1253
National Human Genome Research Institute · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Investigations of Methylmalonic Acidemia and Related DisordersZIAHG200318 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VENDITTI, CHARLES P · 2009 to 2025
$29.7M
Targeting Cancer Through Modifications and MetabolismZIABC011488 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MEIER, JORDAN L · 2013 to 2025
$21.3M
Aberrant post-translational modifications characterize the hepatic proteome of methylmalonic acidemiaFI2GM137781 · NIGMS · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INST · PI HEAD, PAMELASARA ELBAZ · 2020 to 2020
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Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011488Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HG200318NIGMS NIH HHS FI2 GM137781
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) is a severe inborn error of metabolism that is characterized by pleiotropic metabolic perturbations and multiorgan pathology. Treatment options are limited and non-curative as the underlying causative molecular mechanisms remain unknown. While earlier studies have focused on the potential direct toxicity of metabolites such as methylmalonic and propionic acid as a mechanism to explain disease pathophysiology, new observations have revealed that aberrant acylation, specifically methylmalonylation, is a characteristic feature of MMA. The mitochondrial sirtuin enzyme SIRT5 is capable of recognizing and removing this PTM, however, reduced protein levels of SIRT5 along with other mitochondrial SIRTs 3 and 4 in MMA and potentially reduced function of all three indicates aberrant acylation may require clinical intervention. Therefore, targeting posttranslational modifications may represent a new therapeutic approach to treat MMA and related organic acidemias.

Indexed as

Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsPropionic AcidemiaHumansMethylmalonic AcidMethylmalonyl-CoA MutaseMitochondriaMethylmalonic AcidMethylmalonyl-CoA Mutasemethylmalonyl-CoA mutaseMMAorganic acidemiaPTMsirtuin

Identifiers

PMID37078237
PMCPMC10715492
OpenAlexW4366462907

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