Calcium-binding atopy-related autoantigen 1 is a
protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residue (biochemistry), residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including Enzyme catalysis, catalysing metab ...
that in humans is encoded by the ''CBARA1''
gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protei ...
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Clinical
Mutations in this gene have been associated with
myopathy with extrapyramidal signs.
[Mojbafan M, Nojehdeh ST, Rahiminejad F, Nilipour Y, Tonekaboni SH, Zeinali S (2020) Reporting a rare form of myopathy, myopathy with extrapyramidal signs, in an Iranian family using next generation sequencing: a case report. BMC Med Genet 21(1):77]
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EF-hand-containing proteins