Seventeen novel mutations that cause profound biotinidase deficiency

B. Wolf*, K. Jensen, G. Hüner, M. Demirkol, T. Baykal, P. Divry, M. O. Rolland, C. Perez-Cerdá, M. Ugarte, R. Straussberg, L. Basel-Vanagaite, E. R. Baumgartner, T. Suormala, S. Scholl, A. M. Das, S. Schweitzer, E. Pronicka, J. Sykut-Cegielska

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Abstract

We report 17 novel mutations that cause profound biotinidase deficiency. Six of the mutations are due to deletions, whereas the remaining 11 mutations are missense mutations located throughout the gene and encode amino acids that are conserved in mammals. Our results increase the total number of different mutations that cause biotinidase deficiency to 79. These additional mutations will undoubtedly be helpful in identifying structure/function relationships once the three-dimensional structure of biotinidase is determined.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)108-111
Number of pages4
JournalMolecular Genetics and Metabolism
Volume77
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Safra Research Fund
University of Connecticut Health CenterMO1RR06192
National Institutes of Health

    Keywords

    • Biotinidase
    • Biotinidase deficiency
    • Mutation

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