A mutation which disrupts the hydrophobic core of the signal peptide of bilirubin UDP‐glucuronosyltransferase, an endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein, causes Crigler‐Najjar type IIs
- 29 July 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 390 (3) , 294-298
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(96)00677-1
Abstract
Crigler-Najjar (CN) disease is caused by a deficiency of the hepatic enzyme, bilirubin UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (B-UGT). We have found two CN type II patients, who were homozygous for a leucine to arginine transition at position 15 of B-UGT1. This mutation is expected to disrupt the hydrophobic core of the signal peptide of B-UGT1. Wild type and mutant B-UGT cDNAs were transfected in COS cells. Mutant and wild type mRNA were formed in equal amounts. The mutant protein was expressed with 0.5% efficiency, as compared to wild type. Mutant and wild type mRNAs were translated in vitro. Wild type transferase is processed by microsomes, no processing of the mutant protein was observed.Keywords
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