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Muscle choline kinase activity in CHKB-deficient individuals

Muscle choline kinase activity in CHKB-deficient individuals. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.

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  1. Choline kinase activity was undetectable in the three reported muscle samples with CHKB nonsense variants.

    Experimental context and source evidence
    availability_state
    machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
    evidence_span
    {"source_cache": "artifacts/choline-research/21665002.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "ccd6913be10435c076cc81d7ea0509678751d445078c857bb977497a3754059f", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1157, "text_sha256": "ccd6913be10435c076cc81d7ea0509678751d445078c857bb977497a3754059f"}
    experimental_model
    Fifteen affected individuals with CHKB variants; muscle assays in three
    exposure
    Biallelic CHKB variants; three nonsense-genotype muscle samples
    limitations
    A congenital enzyme defect, distinct from ordinary nutrient depletion; mitochondrial morphology does not prove one unique downstream lesion.
    nutrient_topic
    Choline research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Choline
    organism
    Human
    plain_language
    The first phosphorylation step was severely impaired.
    primary_references
    [choline-p21665002] A congenital muscular dystrophy with mitochondrial structural abnormalities caused by defective de novo phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis. (2011). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21665002/ DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.05.010
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Skeletal muscle
    trigger_kind
    machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.

    Choline: metabolism, signaling and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 711–722

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Fifteen affected individuals with CHKB variants; muscle assays in three · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### choline-chkb-activity Choline kinase activity was undetectable in the three reported muscle samples with CHKB nonsense variants. Condition category: machinery_impairment nutrient_topic: Choline research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: The first phosphorylation step was severely impaired. organism: Human tissue_or_cell_type: Skeletal muscle experimental_model: Fifteen affected individuals with CHKB variants; muscle assays in three limitations: A congenital enzyme defect, distinct from ordinary nutrient depletion; mitochondrial morphology does not prove one unique downstream lesion. exposure: Biallelic CHKB variants; three nonsense-genotype muscle samples evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/choline-research/21665002.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "ccd6913be10435c076cc81d7ea0509678751d445078c857bb977497a3754059f", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1157, "text_sha256": "ccd6913be10435c076cc81d7ea0509678751d445078c857bb977497a3754059f"} [choline-p21665002] A congenital muscular dystrophy with mitochondrial structural abnormalities caused by defective de novo phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis. (2011). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21665002/ DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.05.010
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