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Decreased activity of mitochondrial PDH with age has been shown in the heart as well as in certain regions of the brain (the striatum and brainstem). [6] Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) deficiency is a congenital degenerative metabolic disease resulting from a mutation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) located on the X chromosome.
The PDHB gene is responsible for the coding of the E1 beta subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. The DLAT gene is responsible for the coding of the E2 subunit, and the PDP1 is responsible for producing the PDH phosphatase catalytic subunit that catalyzes PDH dephosphorylation. This dephosphorylation activates the complex.
The PDH complex is composed of multiple copies of three enzymatic components: pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1), dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase (E2) and lipoamide dehydrogenase (E3). The E1 enzyme is a heterotetramer of two alpha and two beta subunits. This gene encodes the E1 beta subunit.
Pymol-generated image of E1 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in E. Coli. The E1 subunit, called the pyruvate dehydrogenase subunit, is either a homodimer (comprising two “α” chains, e.g. in Escherichia coli) or a heterotetramer of two different chains (two “α” and two “β” chains).
Embryonic vertebrate subdivisions of the developing human brain hindbrain or rhombencephalon is a developmental categorization of portions of the central nervous system in vertebrates. It includes the medulla , pons , and cerebellum .
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Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 component subunit alpha, somatic form, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PDHA1 gene.The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial matrix multienzyme complex that provides the primary link between glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle by catalyzing the irreversible conversion of pyruvate into acetyl-CoA.
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