Molybdopterin synthase mutations in a mild case of molybdenum cofactor deficiency |
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Authors: | Katharine E. Coyne K.V. Rajagopalan Johan L.K. Van Hove Mark Mackay James Pitt Avihu Boneh |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina;2. The VCGS, Murdoch‐Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia;3. Department of Biochemistry, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia |
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Abstract: | Molybdenum cofactor deficiency is a rare inborn error of metabolism with generally severe symptoms, most often including neonatal seizures and severe developmental delay. We describe a patient with an unusually mild form of the disease. Two mutations in MOCS2A (molybdenum cofactor synthesis enzyme 2A) were identified: a single base change, 16C > T, that predicts a Q6X substitution on one allele and a 19G > T transversion that predicts a valine to phenylalanine substitution, V7F, on the second. It is postulated that the milder clinical symptoms result from a low level of residual molybdopterin synthase activity derived from the 19G > T allele. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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Keywords: | molybdenum cofactor molybdopterin molybdopterin synthase |
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