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Science 21 March 1975:
Vol. 187. no. 4181, pp. 1082 - 1084
DOI: 10.1126/science.803713
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Science, Vol 187, Issue 4181, 1082-1084
Copyright © 1975 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Absence of pyruvate decarboxylase activity in man: a cause of congenital lactic acidosis

DF Farrell, AF Clark, CR Scott, and RP Wennberg

A complete deficiency in the pyruvate dehydrogenase system activity contributed to the death of a 6-month-old infant with congenital lactic acidosis. The enzymatic block could be isolated to the first component, pyruvate decarboxylase (E1) of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. This enzymatic deficiency allowed a demonstration of an "intercomplex" exchange of the components of the mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase system and indicated that the first component is normally present in an apparent excess.


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