Identification of two different mutations in the PDS gene in an inbred family with Pendred syndrome

Citation
Pj. Coucke et al., Identification of two different mutations in the PDS gene in an inbred family with Pendred syndrome, J MED GENET, 36(6), 1999, pp. 475-477
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology","Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
ISSN journal
00222593 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
475 - 477
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2593(199906)36:6<475:IOTDMI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Recently the gene responsible for Pendred syndrome (PDS) was isolated and s everal mutations in the PDS gene have been identified in Pendred patients. Here we report the occurrence of two different PDS mutations in an extended inbred Turkish family. The majority of patients in this family are homozyg ous for a splice site mutation (1143-2A-->G) affecting the 3' splice site c onsensus sequence of intron 7. However, two affected sibs with nonconsangui neous parents are compound heterozygotes for the splice site mutation and a missense mutation (1558T-->G), substituting an evolutionarily conserved am ino acid. The latter mutation has been found previously in two Pendred fami lies originating from The Netherlands, indicating that the 1558T-->G mutati on may be a common mutation.