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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1997-2-20
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pubmed:abstractText |
A 40-year-old normouricemic (5.5 mg/dl) male showed 46% hemolysate and 37% lymphoblast hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) activities but was otherwise completely free of symptoms. His genomic DNA and cDNA had a missense base substitution (CAT-to-CGT in codon 60) leading to the amino-acid substitution His-to-Arg. Western blot analysis revealed that the amount of HPRT protein in lymphoblasts from this individual was 25%-50% of normal cells, suggesting that the decrease in the amount of enzyme protein was responsible for the partial deficiency. This provides the first clear evidence that a genomic missense mutation at the HPRT locus leads to a decrease in the amount of the enzyme protein but that otherwise it has no evident adverse effects in the hemizygote (asymptomatic mutation).
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jan
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pubmed:issn |
0340-6717
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
99
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
8-10
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-Amino Acid Sequence,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-Arginine,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-B-Lymphocytes,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-Blotting, Western,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-DNA Primers,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-Exons,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-Histidine,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:9003484-Point Mutation
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pubmed:year |
1997
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pubmed:articleTitle |
An asymptomatic germline missense base substitution in the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) gene that reduces the amount of enzyme in humans.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Case Reports
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