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Mutation in Phospholipase C, δ1 (PLCD1) gene underlies hereditary leukonychia in a Pashtun family and review of the literature Cover

Mutation in Phospholipase C, δ1 (PLCD1) gene underlies hereditary leukonychia in a Pashtun family and review of the literature

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|Oct 2018

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Figure 1

(A) Pedigree of the family. (B) Phenotypes of affected members showing whitish color of the nails of both hands and feet.

Figure 2

Sequence analysis of the PLCD1 gene showing homozygous unaffected members and heterozygous affected ones (A). The predicted structure of wild-type PLCD1 protein (B). Zoom-up view of interaction pattern of wild type (C) and mutant type protein (D).

Table 1

List of mutations in the PLCD1 gene reported so far.

MutationcDNAProteinEffectMode Inheritance ofReferences
Nonsensec. 1309C>Tp.Arg437*PTCAR4,5
Missensec.1792-10delTGTAGTGGCCFS and PTCAR4
Missensec.1720C>Tp.Ala574Thramino acid substitutionAD4
Missensec.625T>Cp.Cys209Argamino acid substitutionAD4; this study
Duplicationc2220-2223dupAGAGp. Ser740Argfs*19FS and PTCAR5

[i] PTC: premature stop codon (or protein truncation); FS: frameshift; AR: autosomal recessive; AD: autosomal dominant.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2018-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5761 (formerly 1311-0160) | Journal ISSN: 1311-0160
Language: English
Page range: 69 - 72
Published on: Oct 29, 2018
Published by: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2018 AK Khan, SA Khan, Na Muhammad, No Muhammad, J Ahmad, H Nawaz, A Nasir, S Farman, S Khan, published by Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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