Bobo Xie1, Rongyu Chen1, Jin Wang1, Jingsi Luo1, Wang Li1, Shaoke Chen2. 1. Department of Genetic Metabolism, Children's Hospital,Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530003, China. 2. Department of Genetic Metabolism, Children's Hospital,Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530003, China? Email: chenshaoke123@163.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify the genetic mutation in ASS1 gene in a Chinese family with citrullinemia typeI, which may provide a basis for the diagnosis and genetic counseling. METHOD: Genomic DNA was isolated from peripheral blood samples of the family members. Mutation analysis of ASS1 gene was carried out by PCR and Sanger sequencing. Biostructural analysis of the mutated ASS1 was completed by Phyre server. RESULT: Double heterozygous mutations in the proband were identified: c.951delT (F317LfsX375) and c.1087C>T (R363W), which were confirmed in the proband's father and mother, respectively. It was found that the c.951delT mutation might change the formation of a dimer or a tetramer and the function of ASS1 protein. CONCLUSION: Double heterozygous mutations for c.951delT and c.1087C>T have been found in a proband with citrullinemia typeI. The c.951delT is a novel mutation in citrullinemia typeI, which may change the configuration of ASS1 protein and result in ASS1 dysfunction.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the genetic mutation in ASS1 gene in a Chinese family with citrullinemia typeI, which may provide a basis for the diagnosis and genetic counseling. METHOD: Genomic DNA was isolated from peripheral blood samples of the family members. Mutation analysis of ASS1 gene was carried out by PCR and Sanger sequencing. Biostructural analysis of the mutated ASS1 was completed by Phyre server. RESULT: Double heterozygous mutations in the proband were identified: c.951delT (F317LfsX375) and c.1087C>T (R363W), which were confirmed in the proband's father and mother, respectively. It was found that the c.951delT mutation might change the formation of a dimer or a tetramer and the function of ASS1 protein. CONCLUSION: Double heterozygous mutations for c.951delT and c.1087C>T have been found in a proband with citrullinemia typeI. The c.951delT is a novel mutation in citrullinemia typeI, which may change the configuration of ASS1 protein and result in ASS1 dysfunction.