
pmid: 16738950
handle: 11588/504442 , 11588/487229
We report here the first exonic splicing mutation in a 8-year old intermediate Hunter patient. Genomic DNA sequencing identified a G to C transversion involving the last nucleotide of IDS exon VI (ExVI 1003G>C). The mutation leads to the disappearance of the normal exon VI/intron 6 splice donor site, resulting in the skipping of a 28 bp fragment of exon VI and in the production of a 306 aa mutant polypeptide, shorter than the normal protein (550 aa), differing from the wild type protein for the last 22 aa. A genotype-phenotype correlation is sometimes difficult in Hunter syndrome. However, the splicing mutations seem to correlate quite well to the patient’s phenotype: for instance, mutation G374G, a splicing site creating a mutation at codon 374 that leads to the loss of 20 aa, has been reported to be associated with mild phenotypes. Other alterations, i.e. the mutation described here and a Alu-mediated skipping of exon VIII, representing more severe genetic alterations, correlated well to the intermediate phenotypes of affected patients
Humans, Point Mutation, RNA Splice Sites, Syndrome, Child, Glycoproteins, Mucopolysaccharidosis II
Humans, Point Mutation, RNA Splice Sites, Syndrome, Child, Glycoproteins, Mucopolysaccharidosis II
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