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  3. Glycogen storage disease type Ia in Argentina: two novel glucose-6-phosphatase mutations affecting protein stability

Glycogen storage disease type Ia in Argentina: two novel glucose-6-phosphatase mutations affecting protein stability

  • Mol Genet Metab. 2004 Nov;83(3):276-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2004.06.010.
Celia J Angaroni 1,  Raquel Dodelson de Kremer,  Carlos E Argaraña,  Ana E Paschini-Capra,  Alicia N Giner-Ayala,  Roberto J Pezza,  Chi-Jiunn Pan,  Janice Y Chou
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  • 1 Centro de Estudio de las Metabolopatías Congénitas, CEMECO, Cátedra de Clínica Pediátrica, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Hospital de Niños de la Santísima Trinidad, Córdoba, Argentina. celiangaroni@hotmail.com
PMID: 15542400 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2004.06.010
Abstract

Glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD-Ia) is caused by deleterious mutations in the glucose-6-phosphatase gene (G6PC). A molecular study of this gene was carried out in 11 Argentinean patients from 8 unrelated families. Four missense (p.Gln54Pro, p.Arg83Cys, p.Thr16Arg, and p.Tyr209Cys) and one deletion (c.79delC) mutations have been identified. Two novel mutations, p.Thr16Arg (c.47C>G) located within the amino-terminal domain and p.Tyr209Cys (c.626A>G) situated in the sixth transmembrane helix, were uncovered in this study. Site-directed mutagenesis and transient expression assays demonstrated that both p.Thr16Arg and p.Tyr209Cys mutations abolished enzymatic activity as well as reduced G6Pase stability.

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