Description
The p.D227E pathogenic mutation (also known as c.681C>A), located in coding exon 4 of the LDLR gene, results from a C to A substitution at nucleotide position 681. The aspartic acid at codon 227 is replaced by glutamic acid, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This alteration, which is also known as p.D206E, has been reported in familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) cohorts in both the heterozygous and homozygous states (Charng MJ et al. Eur J Clin Invest, 2006 Dec;36:866-74; Hooper AJ et al. Atherosclerosis, 2012 Oct;224:430-4; Reiman A et al. Ann Clin Biochem, 2016 Nov;53:654-662; Hori M et al. Atherosclerosis, 2019 10;289:101-108). In addition, a different alteration located at the same position, resulting in the same protein change, c.681C>G (p.D227E), is a founder mutation that accounts for the majority of FH in the Afrikaner population (Leitersdorf et al. J Clin Invest.1989;84(3):954-61; King et al. N Z Med J. 2010;123(1319):79-82) and had also been reported in affected individuals of multiple ethnicities (Gudnason et al. Arterioscler. Thromb. 1993;13(1):56-63; Leren et al. Semin Vasc Med. 2004;4(1):75-85; Bertolini et al Atherosclerosis 2013;227(2):342-348; Sharifi et al. Metab. Clin. Exp. 2016;65(3):48-53). Based on the supporting evidence, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation.
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Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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1 | germline | unknown | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |