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MKKS

McKusick-Kaufman/Bardet-Biedl syndromes putative chaperonin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MKKS gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a protein with sequence similarity to the chaperonin family. The encoded protein may have a role in protein processing in limb, cardiac and reproductive system development. Mutations in this gene have been observed in patients with Bardet-Biedl syndrome type 6 and McKusick-Kaufman syndrome. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified for this gene.[2]

References

References

  1. Stone DL, Agarwala R, Schaffer AA, Weber JL, Vaske D, Oda T, Chandrasekharappa SC, Francomano CA, Biesecker LG (Apr 1998). “Genetic and physical mapping of the McKusick-Kaufman syndrome”. Hum Mol Genet. 7 (3): 475–81. doi:10.1093/hmg/7.3.475. PMID 9467007.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: MKKS McKusick-Kaufman syndrome”.
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