MCEE
Function
Methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase involved in propionyl-CoA metabolism.
Involvement in disease
Methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase deficiency
MCEED
Autosomal recessive inborn error of amino acid metabolism, involving valine, threonine, isoleucine and methionine. This organic aciduria may present in the neonatal period with life-threatening metabolic acidosis, hyperammonemia, feeding difficulties, pancytopenia and coma.
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The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase family.
Cellular localization
- Mitochondrion
Alternative names
DL-methylmalonyl-CoA racemase, MCEE