This gene encodes an enzyme that catalyzes the NAD(P)H-dependent conversion of pyrroline-5-carboxylate to proline. This enzyme may also play a physiologic role in the generation of NADP(+) in some cell types. The protein forms a homopolymer and localizes to the mitochondrion. Alternate splicing results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[6] As reported by Bruno Reversade and colleagues, PYCR1 deficiency in humans causes a progeroid disease known as De Barsy Syndrome mainly affecting connective tissues with dermis thinning and bone fragility.[7]
^Reversade B, Escande-Beillard N, Dimopoulou A, Fischer B, Chng SC, Li Y, et al. (September 2009). "Mutations in PYCR1 cause cutis laxa with progeroid features". Nature Genetics. 41 (9): 1016–21. doi:10.1038/ng.413. PMID19648921. S2CID10221927.
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PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase 1, mitochondrial (PYCR1)
