title: Deletion of 24 amino acids from the pro-alpha 1(I) chain of type I procollagen in a patient with the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VII.
abstract: A child with the type VII form of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome was shown to have a structural defect in the amino terminus of the pro-alpha 1(I) chain of type I procollagen. Normal and mutant amino-terminal cyanogen bromide peptides (pN-alpha 1(I) CB0,1 peptides) were purified from the medium of the patient's cultured fibroblasts. Amino acid sequencing of tryptic peptides derived from the mutant pN-alpha 1(I) CB0,1 peptide showed that an expected sequence of 24 amino acids (positions 136-159 of the normal pN-alpha 1(I) CB0,1 peptide) was deleted. The segment deleted from the mutant pro-alpha 1(I) chain contains the small globular region of the NH2-propeptide, the procollagen N-proteinase cleavage site, the NH2-telopeptide, and first triplet of the helix of the alpha I(I) collagen chain (Chu, M.-L., de Wet, W., Bernard, M., Ding, J.F., Morabito, M., Myers, J., Williams, C., and Ramirez, F. (1984) Nature 310, 337-340). Loss of the procollagen N-proteinase cleavage site from the mutant pro-alpha 1(I) chain accounted for the persistence of its NH2-propeptide despite normal production of the N-proteinase by cultured mutant fibroblasts. Collagen production by mutant fibroblasts was doubled possibly due to reduced feedback inhibition by the NH2-propeptides. The child appeared to be heterozygous for the peptide deletion and, as the parents did not show any evidence of the deletion, it is likely that the child had a new mutation of one allele of the pro-alpha 1(I) gene. The deleted peptide corresponds precisely to the sequence coded by exon 46 of the normal pro-alpha 1(I) gene (Chu, M.-L., de Wet, W., Bernard, M., Ding, J.F., Morabito, M., Myers, J., Williams, C., and Ramirez, F. (1984) Nature 310, 337-340).
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bateman
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010434:Pepsin A / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D011347:Procollagen / Q000032:analysis*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011347:Procollagen; D014357:Trypsin; D010434:Pepsin A; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide