Heterozygous mutations of the kinesin KIF21A in congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFEOM1)

Koki Yamada, Caroline Andrews, Wai Man Chan, Craig A. McKeown, Adriano Magli, Teresa De Berardinis, Anat Loewenstein, Moshe Lazar, Michael O'Keefe, Robert Letson, Arnold London, Mark Ruttum, Naomichi Matsumoto, Nakamichi Saito, Lisa Morris, Monte Del Monte, Roger H. Johnson, Eiichiro Uyama, Willem A. Houtman, Berendina De VriesThomas J. Carlow, Blaine L. Hart, Nicolas Krawiecki, John Shoffner, Marlene C. Vogel, James Katowitz, Scott M. Goldstein, Alex V. Levin, Emin C. Sener, Banu T. Ozturk, A. Nurten Akarsu, Michael C. Brodsky, Frank Hanisch, Robert P. Cruse, Alina A. Zubcov, Richard M. Robb, Peter Roggenkäemper, Irene Gottlob, Lionel Kowal, Ravi Battu, Elias I. Traboulsi, Piergiorgio Franceschini, Anna Newlin, Joseph L. Demer, Elizabeth C. Engle*

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Abstract

Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFFOM1; OMIM #135700) is an autosomal dominant strabismus disorder associated with defects of the oculomotor nerve. We show that individuals with CFEOM1 harbor heterozygous missense mutations in a kinesin motor protein encoded by KIF21A. We identified six different mutations in 44 of 45 probands. The primary mutational hotspots are in the stalk domain, highlighting an important new role for KIF21A and its stalk in the formation of the oculomotor axis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)318-321
Number of pages4
JournalNature Genetics
Volume35
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2003

Funding

FundersFunder number
Children’s Hospital Mental Retardation Research Center
National Institutes of Health
National Eye InstituteR01EY008313

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