• Canavan disease: an Arab scenario. 

      Zayed, Hatem ( Elsevier Inc. , 2015 , Article)
      The autosomal recessive Canavan disease (CD) is a neurological disorder that begins in infancy. CD is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the ASPA enzyme. It has been reported with high frequency in patients with ...
    • Comparative computational assessment of the pathogenicity of mutations in the Aspartoacylase enzyme 

      George Priya Doss, C.; Zayed, Hatem ( Springer US , 2017 , Article)
      Aspartoacylase (ASPA) is a zinc-dependent abundant enzyme in the brain, which catalyzes the conversion of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) into acetate and aspartate. Mutations in the ASPA gene are associated with the development ...
    • Novel mutation in an Egyptian patient with infantile Canavan disease. 

      Zaki, Osama K; El Abd, Heba S; Mohamed, Shaimaa A; Zayed, Hatem ( Springer Verlag (Germany) , 2016 , Article)
      Canavan disease (CD) is a rare fatal childhood neurological autosomal recessive genetic disease caused by mutations in the ASPA gene, which lead to catalytic deficiency of the ASPA enzyme that catalyzes the deacetylation ...
    • Structural modeling of p.V31F variant in the aspartoacylase gene. 

      Krishnamoorthy, Navaneethakrishnan; Zayed, Hatem ( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Article)
      Aspartoacylase (ASPA) is an abundant enzyme in the brain, which catalyzes the conversion of N-acetylaspartate into acetate and aspartate, deficiency in its activity leads to degeneration of the white matter of the brain ...
    • Two patients with Canavan disease and structural modeling of a novel mutation. 

      Zaki, Osama K; Krishnamoorthy, Navaneethakrishnan; El Abd, Heba S; Harche, Soumaya A; Mattar, Reem A; ... more authors ( Springer US , 2017 , Article)
      Canavan disease (CD) is a rare fatal childhood neurological autosomal recessive genetic disease caused by mutations in the ASPA gene, which lead to catalytic deficiency of the ASPA enzyme, which catalyzes the hydrolysis ...