We report the molecular findings in two independent patients presenting with progressive generalized dystonia and bilateral striatal necrosis in whom we have identified a mutation (T14487C) in the mitochondrial ND6 gene. The mutation is heteroplasmic in all samples analyzed, and it fulfills all accepted criteria of pathogenicity. Transmitochondrial cell lines harboring 100% mutant mitochondrial DNA showed a marked decrease in the activity of complex I of the respiratory chain supporting the pathogenic role of T14487C.
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