Bond C, Si X, Crisp M, Wong P, Paulson G W, Boesel C P, Dlouhy S R, Hodes M E
Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5251, USA.
Am J Med Genet. 1997 Aug 22;71(3):357-60.
We report on a C-to-T transition in exon 6 of the PLP gene in a male with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease/X-linked spastic paraplegia. The transition changes a glutamine at amino acid residue 233 to a termination codon. This premature stop codon probably results in a truncated protein that is not functional. Six other relatives were analyzed for the mutation and two female carriers were identified. Autopsy data on one male are presented.