Summaries for Refsum Disease

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NIH Rare Diseases: Refsum disease is an inherited condition that causes vision loss, loss of smell (anosmia), and a variety of other signs and symptoms. The vision loss associated with Refsum disease is caused by an eye disorder called retinitis pigmentosa. Other features can include bone abnormalities of the hands and feet; progressive muscle weakness and wasting; poor balance and coordination (ataxia); hearing loss; arrhythmias and heart abnormalities; and dry, scaly skin (ichthyosis). Refsum disease can result from mutations in the PHYH gene or the PEX7 gene and is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.30

MalaCards: Refsum Disease, also known as heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis, is related to infantile refsum disease and refsum disease, infantile form. An important gene associated with Refsum Disease is PHYH (phytanoyl-CoA 2-hydroxylase), and among its related pathways are ABCA transporters in lipid homeostasis and Valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation. The drugs acetylcysteine and nitrous oxide and the compounds 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-coa and lignoceric acid have been mentioned in the context of this disorder. Affiliated tissues include brain, heart and liver, and related mouse phenotypes are muscle and liver/biliary system.

NINDS: Adult Refsum disease (ARD) is a rare genetic disease that causes weakness or numbness of the hands and feet (peripheral neuropathy). 31

Genetics Home Reference: Refsum disease is an inherited condition that causes vision loss, absence of the sense of smell (anosmia), and a variety of other signs and symptoms.17

Wikipedia: Refsum disease, also known as classic or adult Refsum disease, heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis,...44 more...

OMIM: 266500

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Aliases & Descriptions for Refsum Disease

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Aliases & Descriptions:

refsum disease 6 7 15 30 17 31 8 33 32 43
heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis 6 30 17 31
phytanic acid storage disease 15 16 17 31
phytanic acid oxidase deficiency 15 30 16
adult refsum disease 15 16 17
refsum syndrome 15 16
hmsn type iv 6 17
disorder of cornification 11 (phytanic acid type) 30
hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type iv 17
herditary sensory and motor neuropathy type 4 30
hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy iv 16
hereditary motorsensory neuropathy iv 15
respiratory distress syndrome, adult 43
hypertrophic neuropathy of refsum 30
doc 11 (phytanic acid type) 30
classic refsum disease 17
retinitis pigmentosa 43
inherited neuropathy 43
refsum's disease 6
hsmn iv 6
hmsn iv 17
hmsn 4 30
crd 17
ard 17

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ICD9CM19 356.3

Related Diseases for Refsum Disease

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Diseases related to refsum disease by text searches and GeneDecks gene sharing:

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idRelated DiseaseScoreTop Affiliating Genes
1infantile refsum disease34.3CAT, PEX1, PEX6
2refsum disease, infantile form32.5PEX2, PEX26
3peroxisome biogenesis disorders, zellweger syndrome spectrum30.2PEX1, PEX10, PEX12, PEX2, PEX26, PEX6
4neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy29.0PEX1, PEX10, PEX13, PEX26, PEX5
5zellweger syndrome spectrum29.0PEX13, PEX12, PEX10, PEX1, PEX14, PEX16
6rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata28.9HADHB, PEX7, PHYH, CAT, GNPAT
7neuropathy28.5HADHB, PEX7, ABHD12, PHYH, CAT, AMACR
8ataxia28.3ABHD12, OGDH, PEX10, PEX2, PEX7, PHYH
9rhyns syndrome28.0PEX7, ABHD12, PHYH, AMACR, RDPA
10zellweger syndrome24.0PEX1, SLC25A17, ACOX1, ACAA1, PHYH, CAT
11chondrodysplasia22.7PEX14, PEX13, PEX12, PEX10, PEX1, SLC25A17
12chondrodysplasia punctata22.7HADHB, HACL1, PEX7, HSD17B4, GNPAT, SCP2
13adrenoleukodystrophy22.2SCP2, PIPOX, AMACR, GNPAT, PEX2, PEX19
14rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata type 213.5PEX7, PHYH, GNPAT
15mulibrey nanism13.4PEX7, PEX5, PEX1
16beta-ketothiolase deficiency13.4ACAA1, PEX2, PEX6
17d-bifunctional protein deficiency13.4HSD17B4, EHHADH
18trifunctional protein deficiency13.4HADHB, EHHADH
19mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency13.4HADHB, EHHADH
203-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme a dehydrogenase deficiency13.3EHHADH, HADHB
21thiolase deficiency13.2HADHB, ACAA1, HSD17B4, AMACR
22argininosuccinic aciduria13.2MID1, PEX2
23peroxisome biogenesis disorders (pbd)13.1PEX2, PEX5, PEX14, PEX13, PEX1, PEX10
24tyrosine-oxidase temporary deficiency13.1CAT, ACOX1
25ichthyosis13.0PEX7, PHYH, GNPAT, ALDH3A2
26vlcad deficiency12.7EHHADH, ACOX1, ALDH3A2
27polyneuropathy12.7AMACR, CAT, ABHD12, PEX7
28cerebellar ataxia12.6PEX7, PEX2, PHYH, ATCAY, SACS, RDPA
29peripheral neuropathy12.5PEX7, ABHD12, PHYH, CAT, SACS, RDPA
30rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata type 112.4HADHB, PEX7, ACOX1, HSD17B4, SCP2
31infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia12.4SACS, ATCAY
32hepatoblastoma12.1ADI1, EHHADH, ACOX1, CRAT, CAT
33peroxisome biogenesis factor12.1PEX7, PEX6, PEX5, PEX3, PEX26, PEX2
34seizures11.9PEX6, PEX5, PEX3, PEX26, PEX2, PEX19
35peroxisomal disease11.8HADHB, HACL1, SLC25A17, ACOX1, PHYH, HSD17B4
36hypotonia11.8PEX6, PEX5, PEX3, PEX26, PEX2, PEX19
37protein s deficiency11.4HADHB, EHHADH, SLC25A17, ACOX1, HSD17B4, SCP2
38tuberculosis10.5OGDH, PEX1, PEX6, HACL1, HADHB, ACAA1
39peroxisomal biogenesis disorder10.2PIPOX, GNPAT, PEX5, PEX3, PEX26, PEX2
40peroxisome biogenesis disorders10.2HSD17B4, GNPAT, PIPOX, CAT, ACAA1, PEX7
41cholesterol10.1EHHADH, PEX5, PEX2, PEX19, PEX16, PEX1
42usher syndrome9.8
43stargardt disease9.2
44retinitis pigmentosa-29.1
45neuropathy ataxia retinitis pigmentosa syndrome8.9
46leber congenital amaurosis8.8
47posterior column ataxia with retinitis pigmentosa8.8
48retinitis pigmentosa 38.6
49retinal degeneration8.5
50klhl7-related retinitis pigmentosa8.3

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Graphical network of diseases related to refsum disease

Clinical Features for Refsum Disease

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Clinical features from OMIM: 266500

Drugs & Therapeutics for Refsum Disease

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Inferred drug relations via UMLS/NDF-RT:

43 28 acetylcysteine, albumin,human, albumin,human inj [va product], epoprostenol, epoprostenol sodium, methylprednisolone, methylprednisolone acetate, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, nitrous oxide

Genetic Tests for Refsum Disease

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Genetic tests related to refsum disease:

id Genetic test Affiliating Genes
1 Refsum Disease
clinical/research
PHYH, PEX7

Anatomical Context for Refsum Disease

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MalaCards organs/tissues related to refsum disease:

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Brain, Heart, Liver, Skin

Phenotypes for genes affiliated with Refsum Disease

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MGI Mouse Phenotypes related to refsum disease:

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idDescriptionMGI Source AccessionScoreTop Affiliating Genes
1muscle phenotypeMP:00053698.7EHHADH, PEX7, PEX5, PEX13, CRAT, HSD17B4
2liver/biliary system phenotypeMP:00053708.2SCP2, HADHB, EHHADH, PEX7, PEX5, PEX2
3homeostasis/metabolism phenotypeMP:00053766.7PHYH, ACOX1, PEX2, PEX5, PEX7, EHHADH
4growth/size phenotypeMP:00053786.5ACOX1, PEX11A, PEX13, PEX2, PEX5, PEX7

Publications for genes affiliated with Refsum Disease

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Articles related to refsum disease:

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idTitleAuthorsYearAffiliating Genes
1The influence of the branched-chain fatty acids prist anic acid and Refsum disease-associated phytanic acid on mitochondrial function s and calcium regulation of hippocampal neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocyt es. (19703563)RAPnicke S.... Reiser G.2009AMACR
2Refsum disease due to the splice-site mutation c.135-2A>G before exon 3 of the PHYH gene, diagnosed eight years after detection of retinitis pigmentosa. (17905308)Finsterer J.... Voigtlander T.2008PHYH
3Peroxisomes, Refsum's disease and the alpha- and omega-oxidation of phytanic acid. (17956234)Wanders R.J.... Komen J.C.2007CRAT, CROT
4Phenotype of adult Refsum disease due to a defect in peroxin 7. (17325280)Horn M.A.... Skjeldal O.H.2007PHYH, PEX7
5Brain pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complexes are mitochondrial targets of the CoA ester of the Refsum disease marker phytanic acid. (16737698)Bunik V.I.... Reiser G.2006OGDH
6CYP4 isoform specificity in the omega-hydroxylation of phytanic acid, a potential route to elimination of the causative agent of Refsum's disease. (16707724)Xu F.... de Montellano P.R.2006PHYH
7Structure of human phytanoyl-CoA 2-hydroxylase identifies molecular mechanisms of Refsum disease. (16186124)McDonough M.A.... Schofield C.J.2005PHYH
8Molecular basis of Refsum disease: sequence variations in phytanoyl- CoA hydroxylase (PHYH) and the PTS2 receptor (PEX7). (14974078)Jansen G.A.... Wanders R.J.A.2004PHYH, PEX7
9Omega-hydroxylation of phytanic acid in rat liver microsomes: implications for Refsum disease. (15102880)Komen J.C.... Wanders R.J.2004PHYH
10Identification of PEX7 as the second gene involved in Refsum disease. (14713215)van den Brink D.M.... Wanders R.J.2003PEX7
11Further studies on the substrate spectrum of phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase: implications for Refsum disease? (12923223)Foulon V.... Van Veldhoven P.P.2003PHYH
12Identification of PEX7 as the second gene involved in Refsum disease. (12522768)van den Brink D.M.... Wanders R.J.A.2003PHYH, PEX7
13Refsum's disease: a peroxisomal disorder affecting phytanic acid alpha-oxidation. (11948235)Wierzbicki A.S.... Gibberd F.B.2002SCP2, AMACR, PHYH
14Structure-function analysis of phytanoyl-CoA 2-hydroxylase mutations causing Refsum's disease. (11555634)Mukherji M.... Lloyd M.D.2001PHYH
15Identification of genetic heterogeneity in Refsum's disease. (10951529)Wierzbicki A.S.... Gibberd F.B.2000PHYH
16Human phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase: resolution of the gene structure and the molecular basis of Refsum's disease. (10767344)Jansen G.A.... Wanders R.J.A.2000PHYH
17Atypical refsum disease with pipecolic acidemia and abnormal catalase distribution. (10632109)Baumgartner M.R.... Saudubray J.M.2000CAT
18Identification of a brain specific protein that associates with a Refsum disease gene product, phytanoyl-CoA alpha-hydroxylase. (10686344)Lee Z.H.... Kim K.K.2000PHYH, PHYHIP
19Phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase deficiency. Enzymological and molecular basis of classical Refsum disease. (10709665)Jansen G.A.... Wanders R.J.A.1999PHYH
20Immunophilins, Refsum disease, and lupus nephritis: the peroxisomal enzyme phytanoyl-CoA alpha-hydroxylase is a new FKBP-associated protein. (10051602)Chambraud B.... Baulieu E.-E.1999FKBP4, PHYH, GLMN
21Restoration of phytanic acid oxidation in Refsum disease fibroblasts from patients with mutations in the phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase gene. (9657395)Chahal A.... Singh I.1998PHYH
22Disruption of a PEX1-PEX6 interaction is the most common cause of the neurologic disorders Zellweger syndrome, neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy, and infantile Refsum disease. (9671729)Geisbrecht B.V.... Gould S.J.1998PEX1, PEX6
23Identification of PAHX, a Refsum disease gene. (9326939)Mihalik S.J.... Gould S.J.1997PHYH, PEX7
24Phytanoyl-coenzyme A hydroxylase deficiency -- the enzyme defect in Refsum's disease. (9221344)Jansen G.A.... Mihalik S.J.1997PHYH
25Refsum disease is caused by mutations in the phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase gene. (9326940)Jansen G.A.... Wanders R.J.A.1997PHYH
26Phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase is not only deficient in classical Refsum disease but also in rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata. (9266377)Jansen G.A.... Wanders R.J.1997PHYH
27Resistance to erucic acid as a selectable marker for peroxisomal activity: isolation of revertants of an infantile Refsum disease cell line. (7519689)Bachir Bioukar E.... Deschatrette J.1994GNPAT
28Refsum Disease (20301527)Wanders R.J.A.... Leroy B.P.1993PHYH, PEX7
29Pseudo infantile Refsum's disease: catalase-deficient peroxisomal particles with partial deficiency of plasmalogen synthesis and oxidation of fatty acids. (7510868)Aubourg P.... Singh I.1993CAT, HADHB, GNPAT
30Zellweger syndrome, neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy or infantile Refsum's disease in a case with generalized peroxisome defect? (7687405)Schmitt K.... Tulzer W.1993CAT
31Mitochondrial oxidation of phytanic acid in human and monkey liver: implication that Refsum's disease is not a peroxisomal disorder. (1690986)Watkins P.A.... Mihalik S.J.1990PHYH

Expression for genes affiliated with Refsum Disease

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Expression patterns in normal tissues for genes affiliated with Refsum Disease

Pathways for genes affiliated with Refsum Disease

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Compounds for genes affiliated with Refsum Disease

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Compounds related to refsum disease according to GeneDecks:

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idCompoundScoreTop Affiliating Genes
12-hydroxyphytanoyl-coa32 18 11.5PHYH, HACL1
2lignoceric acid32 10.5HADHB, GNPAT
3benzoyl-coa32 18 11.4HADHB, ACAA1
4(S)-3-hydroxypalmitoleoyl-CoA18 10.4EHHADH, HSD17B4
5(3S)-3-Hydroxyadipyl-CoA18 10.4HADHB, EHHADH, HSD17B4
6(S)-Hydroxyoctanoyl-CoA18 10.3EHHADH, HSD17B4
73-methylcrotonyl-coa32 18 11.3HADHB, EHHADH, ACAA1
8(S)-Hydroxyhexanoyl-CoA18 10.3EHHADH, HSD17B4
9(S)-Hydroxydecanoyl-CoA18 10.3EHHADH, HSD17B4
10(S)-3-Hydroxytetradecanoyl-CoA18 10.3EHHADH, HSD17B4
11trimetazidine32 10.3HADHB, CAT
12(S)-3-Hydroxydodecanoyl-CoA18 10.2EHHADH, HSD17B4
13(3-Carboxy-2-(R)-Hydroxy-Propyl)-Trimethyl-Ammonium9 9 11.2CRAT, CROT
14(S)-Methylmalonic acid semialdehyde18 10.2EHHADH, HSD17B4, ALDH3A2
15salicylhydroxamic acid32 10.2ACOX1, CAT
16(S)-3-Hydroxyhexadecanoyl-CoA18 10.1HSD17B4, EHHADH
172-methyl-3-hydroxybutyryl-coa32 18 11.0HSD17B4, EHHADH
183-oxoacyl-coa32 10.0SCP2, GNPAT, ACAA1, EHHADH
192-methylbutyryl-coa32 18 10.9HADHB, ACOX1, ACAA1, GNPAT
20stearoyl-coa32 18 10.8HADHB, ACOX1, ACAA1, GNPAT
21(2E)-Octenoyl-CoA18 9.8ACAA1, ACOX1, EHHADH, HADHB, GNPAT
22(2E)-Tetradecenoyl-CoA18 9.8GNPAT, ACAA1, ACOX1, EHHADH, HADHB
23(2E)-Dodecenoyl-CoA18 9.8HADHB, GNPAT, ACAA1, ACOX1, EHHADH
24(2E)-Decenoyl-CoA18 9.7GNPAT, ACAA1, ACOX1, EHHADH, HADHB
25(2E)-Hexadecenoyl-CoA18 9.7HADHB, EHHADH, ACOX1, ACAA1, GNPAT
26octanoyl-coa32 18 10.7HADHB, ACOX1, ACAA1, CROT, GNPAT
27pristanic acid32 18 10.7EHHADH, GNPAT, ALDH3A2, AMACR, SCP2
28citrate32 9.4HADHB, OGDH, CRAT, CAT, AMACR
29carboxylate32 9.3ADI1, ACOX1, SCP2
30phytanic acid32 9.3SCP2, AMACR, ALDH3A2, GNPAT, CAT, PHYH
31Coenzyme A9 18 9 11.2HADHB, OGDH, ACAA1, CROT, CRAT, GNPAT
32glyoxylate32 9.1ACOX1, OGDH
33nadh32 9 18 9 12.0EHHADH, OGDH, CRAT, CAT, HSD17B4, ALDH3A2
34carnitine32 9.0CRAT, CROT, ACOX1, OGDH, HADHB
35sterol32 9.0HADHB, EHHADH, ACOX1, CRAT, HSD17B4, AMACR
36acetyl-coa32 18 9.9HADHB, ACOX1, ACAA1, CROT, CRAT, GNPAT
37lipid32 7.7HADHB, PEX5, PEX2, PEX1, OGDH, ACOX1
38acyl-coa32 7.5SCP2, HADHB, EHHADH, PEX6, AMACR, GNPAT
39fatty acid32 7.5ACOX1, OGDH, PEX7, EHHADH, HADHB, PHYH

GO Terms for genes affiliated with Refsum Disease

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Cellular components related to refsum disease according to GeneDecks:

idNameGO IDScoreTop Affiliating Genes
1intracellular membrane-bounded organelleGO:0432318.8PEX3, PEX1, ACAA1, CROT, HSD17B4, ALDH3A2
2integral to peroxisomal membraneGO:0057798.7PEX3, PEX26, PEX2, PEX16, PEX13, PEX12
3peroxisomal matrixGO:0057827.7HSD17B4, GNPAT, AMACR, SCP2, CAT, CRAT
4peroxisomal membraneGO:0057787.1PEX6, PEX5, PEX3, PEX2, PEX19, PEX16
5mitochondrionGO:0057395.8HADHB, EHHADH, PEX5, SLC25A17, OGDH, ACOX1
6peroxisomeGO:0057774.8PIPOX, PEX11A, PEX10, PEX1, SLC25A17, ACOX1

Biological processes related to refsum disease according to GeneDecks:

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idNameGO IDScoreTop Affiliating Genes
1microtubule-based peroxisome localizationGO:06015210.3PEX13, PEX1
2negative regulation of protein homotetramerizationGO:190109410.3PEX5, PEX14
3protein import into peroxisome matrix, translocationGO:01656110.3PEX6, PEX5, PEX14
4protein import into peroxisome matrix, dockingGO:01656010.2PEX5, PEX13
5cerebral cortex cell migrationGO:02179510.2PEX13, PEX5
6protein import into peroxisome membraneGO:04504610.1PEX5, PEX3, PEX26, PEX19, PEX16
7peroxisome membrane biogenesisGO:01655710.1PEX11A, PEX16, PEX19, PEX3
8protein targeting to peroxisomeGO:00662510.1PEX6, PEX5, PEX19, PEX16, PEX12, PEX1
9ether lipid biosynthetic processGO:0086119.9GNPAT, PEX7
10neuron migrationGO:0017649.9PEX7, PEX5, PEX2, PEX13
11very long-chain fatty acid metabolic processGO:0000389.9ACAA1, ACOX1, PEX5
12bile acid biosynthetic processGO:0066999.8SCP2, AMACR, HSD17B4, PEX2
13bile acid metabolic processGO:0082069.7ACAA1, HSD17B4, AMACR, SCP2
14protein import into peroxisome matrixGO:0165589.7PEX7, PEX5, PEX26, PEX2, PEX16, PEX14
15alpha-linolenic acid metabolic processGO:0361099.5ACOX1, ACAA1, HSD17B4, SCP2
16unsaturated fatty acid metabolic processGO:0335599.5ACOX1, ACAA1, HSD17B4, SCP2
17fatty acid alpha-oxidationGO:0015619.4HACL1, PEX13, SLC25A17, PHYH
18peroxisome organizationGO:0070319.3PEX7, PEX6, PEX3, PEX2, PEX19, PEX16
19fatty acid beta-oxidation using acyl-CoA oxidaseGO:0335408.8ACOX1, ACAA1, CROT, CRAT, HSD17B4, AMACR
20fatty acid beta-oxidationGO:0066358.8PEX5, PEX2, SLC25A17, ACAA1, CROT, HSD17B4
21cellular lipid metabolic processGO:0442557.1ACOX1, ACAA1, PHYH, CROT, CRAT, HSD17B4
22small molecule metabolic processGO:0442816.1ACOX1, OGDH, SLC25A17, PEX11A, ADI1, HACL1

Molecular functions related to refsum disease according to GeneDecks:

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idNameGO IDScoreTop Affiliating Genes
1long-chain-enoyl-CoA hydratase activityGO:01650810.2HADHB, HSD17B4
2acetyl-CoA C-acyltransferase activityGO:00398810.2HADHB, ACAA1
33-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase activityGO:00385710.1HADHB, EHHADH, HSD17B4
4enoyl-CoA hydratase activityGO:00430010.0EHHADH, HADHB
5sterol bindingGO:0329349.9SCP2, HSD17B4
6protein C-terminus bindingGO:0080229.9PEX6, PEX5, PEX26, PEX16, PEX12, PEX10
7protein N-terminus bindingGO:0474859.6ACOX1, PEX14, PEX19, PEX5
8thiamine pyrophosphate bindingGO:0309769.3OGDH, HACL1
9receptor bindingGO:0051027.8PIPOX, HACL1, EHHADH, PEX14, ACOX1, CROT
10protein bindingGO:0055156.1PEX14, PEX16, PEX19, PEX2, PEX26, PEX3

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32Novoseek
33OMIM
35PubMed
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