Abstract |
Beta-mannosidase deficiency results in beta-mannosidosis, a severe neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease identified in cattle, goats, and humans. To more fully understand the molecular pathology of this disease, the mutation associated with bovine beta-mannosidosis was identified by sequence analysis of cDNA from an affected calf. A transition mutation of G to A at position 2574 of the cDNA coding sequence creates a premature stop codon near the 3' end of the protein coding region. To aid commercial breeders of Salers cattle, a PCR-based test was developed to detect the mutation for beta-mannosidosis carrier screening. Application of this test also revealed the presence of two beta-mannosidase pseudogenes. Portions of the pseudogenes were amplified with allele-specific primers and then sequenced. One pseudogene was highly homologous (>99% sequence identity) to the expressed cDNA sequence over the 1292 bp that were sequenced, while the other showed more divergence (83% sequence identity) in the 477 bp that were sequenced. Both are processed pseudogenes that are not expressed. The severity of the bovine beta-mannosidosis phenotype suggests that the 22 C-terminal amino acids of beta-mannosidase play an important role in the function of this enzyme.
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Authors | J R Leipprandt, H Chen, J E Horvath, X T Qiao, M Z Jones, K H Friderici |
Journal | Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society
(Mamm Genome)
Vol. 10
Issue 12
Pg. 1137-41
(Dec 1999)
ISSN: 0938-8990 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10594236
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Codon, Terminator
- DNA, Complementary
- Mannosidases
- beta-Mannosidase
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Topics |
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
(enzymology, genetics)
- Codon, Terminator
(genetics)
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Complementary
(genetics)
- Humans
- Mannosidases
(deficiency, genetics)
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Point Mutation
(genetics)
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Pseudogenes
(genetics)
- Sequence Alignment
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- alpha-Mannosidosis
(enzymology, genetics, veterinary)
- beta-Mannosidase
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