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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-20
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).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0340-6717
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
An asymptomatic germline missense base substitution in the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) gene that reduces the amount of enzyme in humans.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports