The Pathogenesis Of $\alpha$ ₁-Antitrypsin Deficiency Due to the Common Missense Mutants PI*S and Missense

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Essay

The pathogenesis of $\alpha$ ₁-antitrypsin deficiency due to the common missense mutants PI*S and PI*Z is due to a failure in protein processing and secretion, and to aberrant protein aggregation. Explain how.

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