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The identification of five novel mutations in the lysosomal acid a-(1,4) glucosidase gene from patients with glycogen storage disease type II

  1. Clare E. Beesley*,
  2. Anne H. Child,
  3. Magdi H. Yacoub

Article first published online: 22 NOV 1999

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1998)11:5<413::AID-HUMU16>3.0.CO;2-I

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Human Mutation

Human Mutation

Volume 11, Issue 5, page 413, 1998

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Beesley, C. E., Child, A. H. and Yacoub, M. H. (1998), The identification of five novel mutations in the lysosomal acid a-(1,4) glucosidase gene from patients with glycogen storage disease type II . Human Mutation, 11: 413. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1998)11:5<413::AID-HUMU16>3.0.CO;2-I

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  1. Dept. Of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College School of Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Heart Science Centre, Harefield Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, UB9 6JH, UK

*Division of Biochemistry and Genetics, Institute of Child Health, (University of London), 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 NOV 1999
  2. Article first published online: 22 NOV 1999
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 11 MAY 1997
  4. Manuscript Received: 16 SEP 1996

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  • The Hal Brodhurst Trust

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Keywords:

  • lysosomal;
  • acid α-glucosidase;
  • Glycogen Storage Disease Type II;
  • Acid Maltase Deficiency

Abstract

The autosomal recessive disorder Glycogen Storage Disease Type II (GSDII) is caused by a deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme acid α-glucosidase. We have optimised a procedure to use fluorescent DNA sequencing technology to screen for mutations within the α-glucosidase gene from UK patients with GSDII. Five previously unknown mutations in six patients (4 early onset infantile and 2 late onset adult) have been found. The mutations are an insertion of a C residue in exon 2 (InsC258), an insertion of a G residue in exon 16 (InsG2242), a deletion of 20 nucleotides in exon 4 Δ, and a nonsense mutation in exon 16 (G2237A - Trp746Stop). All will result in the introduction of a premature stop codon in the coding region, predicting a truncated and non-functional protein. The final mutation is a duplication of 18 nucleotides in exon 19 (Ins18nt2776) and will result in the insertion of an additional six amino acids into the protein chain after Asn925 (Gly-Val-Pro-Val-Ser-Asn). Hum Mutat 11:413, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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