A novel mutation of KCNQ3 (c.925T -> C) in a Japanese family with benign familial neonatal convulsions

Citation
S. Hirose et al., A novel mutation of KCNQ3 (c.925T -> C) in a Japanese family with benign familial neonatal convulsions, ANN NEUROL, 47(6), 2000, pp. 822-826
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
03645134 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
822 - 826
Database
ISI
SICI code
0364-5134(200006)47:6<822:ANMOK(>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
At present, only one mutation of KCNQ3, a KCNQ potassium channel gene, has been identified as a cause of benign familial neonatal convulsions type 2 ( BFNC2). We found a T to C substitution (c.925T-->C) on one allele of affect ed individuals in a Japanese family with BFNC but not on 200 alleles from h ealthy subjects. c.925T-->C replaced Trp(309), a conserved residue within t he P-loop of the KCNQ potassium channel family that holds the channel pore open, with an Arg (W309R). We report c.925T-->C as the second mutation of K CNQ3 responsible for BFNC2.