A mutational hotspot in the 2B domain of human hair basic keratin 6 (hHb6) in monilethrix patients
Autor: | Andrew G. Messenger, Heiko Traupe, Colin S. Munro, Henning Hamm, Claudia Pünter, S. Holmes, Eugene Healy, Jonathan L. Rees, Mark A. Birch-Machin, Bernhard P. Korge, Silke Darlington |
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Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Candidate gene
intermediate filaments hard keratins Locus (genetics) Dermatology Biology Biochemistry Type II keratin monilethrix Monilethrix Keratin Gene cluster medicine Humans Transversion Molecular Biology chemistry.chemical_classification Genetics Family Health integumentary system Cell Biology medicine.disease Pedigree Protein Structure Tertiary Hair disease chemistry Keratins Hair Diseases Polymorphism Restriction Fragment Length |
Zdroj: | The Journal of investigative dermatology. 111(5) |
ISSN: | 0022-202X |
Popis: | Monilethrix is an inherited hair dystrophy in which affected, fragile, hairs have an unique beaded morphology. Ultrastructural studies suggest a defect in filament structure in the cortex of the hair, and the hard keratins of hair and nail are thus candidate genes. In several families with autosomal dominant monilethrix, the disorder has been linked to the type II keratin gene cluster at chromosome 12q13. Recently, causative mutations in the critical helix termination motif in the 2B domain of the human hair basic keratin 6 (hHb6) have been identified. We now report the results of sequencing this domain in 13 unrelated families or cases with monilethrix. Five of the 13 had the same mutation as previously found, a G to A transversion leading to a lysine for glutamic acid substitution (E413K) in the 2B domain (residue 117 of the 2B helix) of hHb6. The mutation was confirmed by a restriction fragment length polymorphism assay developed for this purpose, and, as this mutation is evidently a common cause of the syndrome, for use in screening other cases. In eight families or cases, however, including three in whom linkage data are consistent with a defect at the type II keratin locus, no mutation was found in this domain of hHb6. |
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