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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-11
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We demonstrate that missense mutations (Asp175Asn; Glu180Gly) in the alpha-tropomyosin gene cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) linked to chromosome 15q2. These findings implicated components of the troponin complex as candidate genes at other FHC loci, particularly cardiac troponin T, which was mapped in this study to chromosome 1q. Missense mutations (Ile79Asn; Arg92Gln) and a mutation in the splice donor sequence of intron 15 of the cardiac troponin T gene are also shown to cause FHC. Because alpha-tropomyosin and cardiac troponin T as well as beta myosin heavy chain mutations cause the same phenotype, we conclude that FHC is a disease of the sarcomere. Further, because the splice site mutation is predicted to function as a null allele, we suggest that abnormal stoichiometry of sarcomeric proteins can cause cardiac hypertrophy.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:geneSymbol
CMH1, CMH2, CMH3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
701-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Alpha-tropomyosin and cardiac troponin T mutations cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a disease of the sarcomere.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't