Direct sequencing was conducted on the regions of the exon 7 and 12 in the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene amplified by the polymerase chain reaction, using solid-phase technology involving the biotin streptavidin system. A novel mutation and seven previously known mutations were identified in the PAH genes among 15 Caucasians and 10 Gypsies in the Czech and Slovakia republics, affected with classical phenylketonuria (PKU). Two of these substitutions (R243X and G272X) resulted in the generation of a premature stop codon, and a single base transition of G to A at codon 261 resulted in the substitution of Arg for Gln (R261Q). These three mutations together accounted for 16.7% of PKU alleles among 15 Caucasians. The R252W mutation was detected in these two groups: two Caucasians were compound heterozygous for the P281L or R408W mutations (6.7% of all mutant alleles). However, all 10 Gypsy PKU patients were homozygous for the R252W transition. The R408W mutation accounted for 43% of PKU alleles in 15 Caucasian PKU patients. A novel heterozygous C-to-G transversion at the third base of codon 263 in the exon 7, resulting in the substitution of Phe for Leu (F263L), was detected in a Caucasian PKU patient (3.3% of all mutant alleles). In this study, we revealed a novel PKU mutation of the F263L in Caucasian populations and a high-risk PKU mutation of the R252W in Gypsy populations.
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- běloši genetika MeSH
- fenylalaninhydroxylasa genetika MeSH
- fenylketonurie etnologie genetika MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- molekulární sekvence - údaje MeSH
- mutace * MeSH
- polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
- populační genetika * MeSH
- Romové genetika MeSH
- sekvence nukleotidů MeSH
- sekvenční analýza MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- anglický abstrakt MeSH
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
- Slovenská republika MeSH
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- detekce genetických nosičů MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- fenylalaninhydroxylasa genetika MeSH
- fenylketonurie etnologie genetika MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- molekulární sekvence - údaje MeSH
- mutace MeSH
- mutační analýza DNA MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- Romové genetika MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH