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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
CZP1, a locus for autosomal dominant "zonular pulverulent" cataract, previously had been linked with the Duffy blood-group-antigen locus on chromosome 1q. Here we report genetic refinement of the CZP1 locus and show that the underlying mutation is present in GJA8, the gene for connexin50. To map the CZP1 locus we performed linkage analysis using microsatellite markers on two distantly related branches of the original Ev. pedigree, which now spans eight generations. Significantly positive two-point LOD score (Z) values were obtained for markers D1S2669 (maximum Z [Zmax] = 4.52; maximum recombination frequency [thetamax] = 0) and D1S514 (Zmax = 4.48; thetamax = 0). Multipoint analysis gave Zmax = 5.22 (thetamax = 0) at marker D1S2669. Haplotyping indicated that CZP1 probably lies in the genetic interval D1S2746-(20.6 cM)-D1S2771. Sequence analysis of the entire protein-coding region of the GJA8 gene from the pedigree detected a C-->T transition in codon 88, which introduced a novel MnlI restriction-enzyme site that also cosegregated with the cataract. This missense mutation is predicted to result in the nonconservative substitution of serine for a phylogenetically conserved proline (P88S). These studies provide the first direct evidence that GJA8 plays a vital role in the maintenance of human lens transparency and identify the genetic defect believed to underlie the first inherited disease to be linked to a human autosome.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9297
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
526-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
A missense mutation in the human connexin50 gene (GJA8) underlies autosomal dominant "zonular pulverulent" cataract, on chromosome 1q.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. shielsa@amseer.wustl.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't