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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-18
pubmed:abstractText
We have identified two families with a previously undescribed lethal X-linked disorder of infancy; the disorder comprises a distinct combination of an aged appearance, craniofacial anomalies, hypotonia, global developmental delays, cryptorchidism, and cardiac arrhythmias. Using X chromosome exon sequencing and a recently developed probabilistic algorithm aimed at discovering disease-causing variants, we identified in one family a c.109T>C (p.Ser37Pro) variant in NAA10, a gene encoding the catalytic subunit of the major human N-terminal acetyltransferase (NAT). A parallel effort on a second unrelated family converged on the same variant. The absence of this variant in controls, the amino acid conservation of this region of the protein, the predicted disruptive change, and the co-occurrence in two unrelated families with the same rare disorder suggest that this is the pathogenic mutation. We confirmed this by demonstrating a significantly impaired biochemical activity of the mutant hNaa10p, and from this we conclude that a reduction in acetylation by hNaa10p causes this disease. Here we provide evidence of a human genetic disorder resulting from direct impairment of N-terminal acetylation, one of the most common protein modifications in humans.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1537-6605
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:ArnesenThomasT, pubmed-author:BieseckerLeslie GLG, pubmed-author:BirdLynne MLM, pubmed-author:CareyJohn CJC, pubmed-author:ChinStevenS, pubmed-author:DalleyBrianB, pubmed-author:EvjenthRuneR, pubmed-author:FainHeidi DeborahHD, pubmed-author:HakonarsonHakonH, pubmed-author:HuffChad DCD, pubmed-author:JiangTaoT, pubmed-author:JohnsonW EvanWE, pubmed-author:JohnstonJennifer JJJ, pubmed-author:JordeLynn BLB, pubmed-author:LillehaugJohan RJR, pubmed-author:LyonGholson JGJ, pubmed-author:MooreBarryB, pubmed-author:OpitzJohn MJM, pubmed-author:PysherTheodore JTJ, pubmed-author:RobisonReidR, pubmed-author:RopeAlan FAF, pubmed-author:SchankChristaC, pubmed-author:SouthSarah TST, pubmed-author:StevensCathy ACA, pubmed-author:SwensenJeffrey JJJ, pubmed-author:VEGAYY, pubmed-author:XingJinchuanJ, pubmed-author:YandellMarkM
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 The American Society of Human Genetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
28-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Using VAAST to identify an X-linked disorder resulting in lethality in male infants due to N-terminal acetyltransferase deficiency.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, 84112, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural