Verlaan Dominique J, Siegel Adrian M, Rouleau Guy A
Center for Research in Neurosciences, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A4, Canada.
Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Jun;70(6):1564-7. doi: 10.1086/340604. Epub 2002 Apr 8.
At least 40% of families affected with cerebral cavernous malformation have a mutation in Krit1. We previously identified two point mutations in Krit1 leading to changes in amino acids (D137G and Q210E) in two different families. Further RNA analysis reveals that both point mutations actually activate cryptic splice-donor sites, causing aberrant splicing and leading to a frameshift and protein truncation. To date, no simple missense mutations have been detected in Krit1.
至少40%患有脑海绵状血管畸形的家族中,Krit1基因存在突变。我们之前在两个不同家族中鉴定出Krit1基因的两个点突变,这些突变导致氨基酸发生变化(D137G和Q210E)。进一步的RNA分析表明,这两个点突变实际上激活了隐匿性剪接供体位点,导致异常剪接,进而引起移码突变和蛋白质截短。迄今为止,尚未在Krit1基因中检测到简单的错义突变。