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TECR

Trans-2,3-enoyl-CoA reductase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TECR gene.[1]

This gene encodes a multi-pass membrane protein that resides in the endoplasmic reticulum, and belongs to the steroid 5-alpha reductase family. The elongation of microsomal long and very long chain fatty acid consists of 4 sequential reactions. This protein catalyzes the final step, reducing trans-2,3-enoyl-CoA to saturated acyl-CoA. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene.[1]

Clinical relevance

Mutations in this gene have been shown to cause non-syndromic mental retardation.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 “Entrez Gene: Trans-2,3-enoyl-CoA reductase”. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  2. Çalışkan M, Chong JX, Uricchio L, Anderson R, Chen P, Sougnez C, Garimella K, Gabriel SB, dePristo MA, Shakir K, Matern D, Das S, Waggoner D, Nicolae DL, Ober C (April 2011). “Exome sequencing reveals a novel mutation for autosomal recessive non-syndromic mental retardation in the TECR gene on chromosome 19p13”. Hum. Mol. Genet. 20 (7): 1285–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddq569. PMC 3115579. PMID 21212097.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.


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