The mutational spectrum of holoprosencephaly-associated changes within theSHHgene in humans predicts loss-of-function through either key structural alterations of the ligand or its altered synthesis
Open Access
- 14 July 2009
- journal article
- mutation in-brief
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Human Mutation
- Vol. 30 (10), E921-E935
- https://doi.org/10.1002/humu.21090
Abstract
Mutations within either the SHH gene or its related pathway components are the most common, and best understood, pathogenetic changes observed in holoprosencephaly patients; this fact is consistent with the essential functions of this gene during forebrain development and patterning. Here we summarize the nature and types of deleterious sequence alterations among over one hundred distinct mutations in the SHH gene (64 novel mutations) and compare these to over a dozen mutations in disease‐related Hedgehog family members IHH and DHH. This combined structural analysis suggests that dysfunction of Hedgehog signaling in human forebrain development can occur through truncations or major structural changes to the signaling domain, SHH‐N, as well as due to defects in the processing of the mature ligand from its pre‐pro‐precursor or defective post‐translation bi‐lipid modifications with palmitate and cholesterol Published 2009 by Wiley‐Liss, Inc.Keywords
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