Description
The c.1349_1350delGCinsTG pathogenic mutation, located in coding exon 7 of the DHCR7 gene, results from an in-frame deletion of GC and insertion of TG at nucleotide positions 1349 to 1350. This results in the substitution of the arginine residue for a leucine residue at codon 450, an amino acid with dissimilar properties. This alteration has been detected in conjunction with other known pathogenic mutations in DHCR7 (c.964-1G>C, p.R242C, p.Q95*/p.Q98*) in several individuals with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (Witsch-Baumgartner M et al. Am. J. Hum. Genet., 2000 Feb;66:402-12; Correa-Cerro LS et al. Mol. Genet. Metab., 2005 Feb;84:112-26; Wassif CA et al. Genet. Med., 2017 03;19:297-305; Chang S et al. Mol Genet Metab Rep, 2014;1:431-442; Anstey AV et al. Br. J. Dermatol., 2005 Oct;153:774-9; Bianconi SE et al. Am. J. Med. Genet. A, 2011 Nov;155A:2732-8; Eroglu Y et al. Am. J. Med. Genet. A, 2017 Aug;173:2097-2100). In addition, several functional studies showed that this alteration resulted in significantly reduced enzymatic activity when expressed in cell lines (Witsch-Baumgartner M et al. Am. J. Hum. Genet., 2000 Feb;66:402-12; Correa-Cerro LS et al. Mol. Genet. Metab., 2005 Feb;84:112-26; Wassif CA et al. Genet. Med., 2017 03;19:297-305). Based on the supporting evidence, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation.
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Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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1 | germline | unknown | 1 | not provided | not provided | | 1 | not provided | not provided | not provided |