Detection of four mutations in six unrelated South African patients with acute intermittent porphyria
β Scribed by Patricia M.L Ong; George W Lanyon; Richard J Hift; Janet Halkett; Michael R Moore; Charles S Mgone; Michael J Connor
- Book ID
- 115638094
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0890-8508
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Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal disorder caused by molecular abnormalities in the hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS) gene coding for the third enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway. So far, more than 160 different mutations responsible for AIP have been identified in this gene.
Direct cDNA sequencing was performed on asymmetrically amplified transcripts from the porphobilinogen deaminase (PBG-D) gene of thirteen unrelated individuals with acute intermittent porphyria. Four different mutations and a polymorphic site were detected in exon 12 of the gene, four being the resul