Mutations of the catalytic subunit of RAB3GAP cause Warburg Micro syndrome

Irene A Aligianis, Colin A Johnson, Paul Gissen, Dongrong Chen, Daniel Hampshire, Katrin Hoffmann, Esther N Maina, Neil V Morgan, Louise Tee, Jenny Morton, John R Ainsworth, Denise Horn, Elisabeth Rosser, Trevor R P Cole, Irene Stolte-Dijkstra, Karen Fieggen, Jill Clayton-Smith, André Mégarbané, Julian P Shield, Ruth Newbury-EcobWilliam B Dobyns, John M Graham, Klaus Wilbrandt Kjær, Mette Warburg, Jacqueline Bond, Richard C Trembath, Laura W Harris, Yoshimi Takai, Stefan Mundlos, David Tannahill, C Geoffery Woods, Eamonn R Maher

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Abstract

Warburg Micro syndrome (WARBM1) is a severe autosomal recessive disorder characterized by developmental abnormalities of the eye and central nervous system and by microgenitalia. We identified homozygous inactivating mutations in RAB3GAP, encoding RAB3 GTPase activating protein, a key regulator of the Rab3 pathway implicated in exocytic release of neurotransmitters and hormones, in 12 families with Micro syndrome. We hypothesize that the underlying pathogenesis of Micro syndrome is a failure of exocytic release of ocular and neurodevelopmental trophic factors.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNature Genetics
Vol/bind37
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)221-3
Antal sider3
ISSN1061-4036
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2005

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