Adrenoleukodystrophy is a rare inherited diseases associated with metabolic disorders which accompanied by extensive demyelination dysfunction of the adrenal glands. Thus, the brain accumulates more fat, which over time damage the sheath that protects nerve fibers. The development of the disease begin to torment cramps and developed loss of vision. A few months starting palsy, develops deafness and then the person dies.
The full name of the gene associated with adrenoleukodystrophy:
ATP-binding cassette, sub-family D (ALD), member 1
GeneID: 215
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the superfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. ABC proteins transport various molecules across extra- and intra-cellular membranes.
© http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/215
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