A mutation within the saposin D domain in a Gaucher disease patient with normal glucocerebrosidase activity

Hum Genet. 2005 Jul;117(2-3):275-7. doi: 10.1007/s00439-005-1288-x. Epub 2005 Apr 23.

Abstract

Only two Gaucher disease (GD) patients bearing mutations in the prosaposin gene (PSAP), and not in the glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA), have been reported. In both cases, one mutant allele remained unidentified. We report here the identification of the second mutation in one of these patients, being the first complete genotype described so far in a SAP-C-deficient GD patient. This mutation, p.Q430X, is the first one reported in the saposin D domain and probably produces a null allele by nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brain / enzymology
  • Brain Chemistry / genetics
  • Exons / genetics
  • Gaucher Disease / enzymology
  • Gaucher Disease / genetics*
  • Glucosylceramidase / genetics*
  • Glucosylceramidase / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Point Mutation*
  • RNA Stability / genetics*
  • Saposins / genetics*
  • Saposins / metabolism

Substances

  • PSAP protein, human
  • Saposins
  • Glucosylceramidase