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Here, we report two Chinese siblings with COQ10D6 who primarily presented with severe metabolic acidosis, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, growth retardation, and muscle hypotonia and died in early infancy. Using whole-exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing, we identified two rare recessive nonsense mutations in the <jats:italic>COQ6<\/jats:italic> gene segregating with disease in affected family members: c.249C &amp;gt; G (p.Tyr83Ter) and c.1381C &amp;gt; T (p.Gln461Ter), resulting in two truncated protein products. Both mutations are located in a highly conserved area and are predicted to be pathogenic. Indeed, the death of our patients in early infancy indicates the pathogenicity of the p.Tyr83Ter and p.Gln461Ter variants and highlights the significance of the two variants for <jats:italic>COQ6<\/jats:italic> enzyme function, which is necessary for the biosynthesis of coenzyme Q10. In conclusion, we discovered a novel compound heterozygous pathogenic variant of the <jats:italic>COQ6<\/jats:italic> gene as a cause of severe COQ10D6 in the two siblings. Based on the clinical history and genetic characteristics of the patients, our cases expand the genotypic spectrum of COQ10D6 and highlight the heterogeneity and severity of clinical features associated with <jats:italic>COQ6<\/jats:italic> mutations. 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