Description
The W263X variant in the TGM1 gene has been reported previously in patients of Tunisian, Portugese, and Moroccan ancestry in association with lamellar ichthyosis (Hennies et al., 1998; Louhichi et al., 2013; Esposito et al., 2013). It is suggested that the W263X variant may be a recurrent variant in patients with severe LI of Tunisian ancestry and haplotype analysis has shown consistency with founder effects (Louichi et al., 2013; Esposito et al., 2013). W263X was not observed at any significant frequency in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry by the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project. This variant is predicted to cause loss of normal protein function either through protein truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. In addition, decreased protein production due to the W263X variant results in loss of the catalytic triad of the transamidation catalytic core domain (Cserhalmi-Friedman et al., 2000; Terrinoni et al., 2012). Therefore, we consider the W263X variant to be pathogenic.
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Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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1 | germline | yes | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |