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References

These sources were used to develop the Genetics Home Reference gene summary on the HEXA gene.

Chavany C, Jendoubi M. Biology and potential strategies for the treatment of GM2 gangliosidoses. Mol Med Today. 1998 Apr;4(4):158-65. Review. PubMed citation
Entrez Gene
Gene Review: Hexosaminidase A Deficiency
Lemieux MJ, Mark BL, Cherney MM, Withers SG, Mahuran DJ, James MN. Crystallographic structure of human beta-hexosaminidase A: interpretation of Tay-Sachs mutations and loss of GM2 ganglioside hydrolysis. J Mol Biol. 2006 Jun 16;359(4):913-29. Epub 2006 Apr 27. PubMed citation
Mahuran DJ. Biochemical consequences of mutations causing the GM2 gangliosidoses. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1999 Oct 8;1455(2-3):105-38. Review. PubMed citation
Matsuzawa F, Aikawa S, Sakuraba H, Lan HT, Tanaka A, Ohno K, Sugimoto Y, Ninomiya H, Doi H. Structural basis of the GM2 gangliosidosis B variant. J Hum Genet. 2003;48(11):582-9. Epub 2003 Oct 24. PubMed citation
Montalvo AL, Filocamo M, Vlahovicek K, Dardis A, Lualdi S, Corsolini F, Bembi B, Pittis MG. Molecular analysis of the HEXA gene in Italian patients with infantile and late onset Tay-Sachs disease: detection of fourteen novel alleles. Hum Mutat. 2005 Sep;26(3):282. PubMed citation
Myerowitz R, Lawson D, Mizukami H, Mi Y, Tifft CJ, Proia RL. Molecular pathophysiology in Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases as revealed by gene expression profiling. Hum Mol Genet. 2002 May 15;11(11):1343-50. PubMed citation

Reviewed: September 2008

Published: May 20, 2013