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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-19
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Recently the TMPRSS3 gene, which encodes a transmembrane serine protease, was found to be responsible for two non-syndromic recessive deafness loci located on human chromosome 21q22.3, DFNB8 and DFNB10. We found evidence for linkage to the DFNB8/10 locus in two unrelated consanguineous Tunisian families segregating congenital autosomal recessive sensorineural deafness. The audiometric tests showed a loss of hearing greater than 70 dB, in all affected individuals of both families. Mutation screening of TMPRSS3 revealed two novel missense mutations, W251C and P404L, altering highly conserved amino acids of the serine protease domain. Both mutations were not found in 200 control Tunisian chromosomes. The detection of naturally-occurring TMPRSS3 missense mutations in deafness families identifies functionally important amino acids. Comparative protein modeling of the TMPRSS3 protease domain predicted that W251C might lead to a structural rearrangement affecting the active site H257 and that P404L might alter the geometry of the active site loop and therefore affect the serine protease activity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1098-1004
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
101-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Audiometry, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Consanguinity, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Genes, Recessive, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Genetic Linkage, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Serine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:11462234-Tunisia
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Novel missense mutations of TMPRSS3 in two consanguineous Tunisian families with non-syndromic autosomal recessive deafness.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine, Sfax, Tunisie.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't