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AMMECR1 This family consists of several AMMECR1 as well as several uncharacterized proteins. The contiguous gene deletion syndrome AMME is characterized by Alport syndrome, midface hypoplasia, mental retardation and elliptocytosis and is caused by a deletion in Xq22.3, comprising several genes including COL4A5, FACL4 and AMMECR1. This family contains sequences from several eukaryotic species as well as archaebacteria and it has been suggested that the AMMECR1 protein may have a basic cellular function, potentially in either the transcription, replication, repair or translation machinery.
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