title: Cystinuria caused by mutations in rBAT, a gene involved in the transport of cystine.
abstract: Cystinuria is a classic heritable aminoaciduria that involves the defective transepithelial transport of cystine and dibasic amino acids in the kidney and intestine. Six missense mutations in the human rBAT gene, which is involved in high-affinity transport of cystine and dibasic amino acids in kidney and intestine, segregate with cystinuria. These mutations account for 30% of the cystinuria chromosomes studied. Homozygosity for the most common mutation (M467T) was detected in three cystinuric siblings. Mutation M467T nearly abolished the amino acid transport activity induced by rBAT in Xenopus oocytes. These results establish rBAT as a cystinuria gene.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Genética Molecular (IRO), Hospital Duran i Reynals, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Calonge
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gasparini
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chillarón
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chillón
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallucci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rousaud
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zelante
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Testar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dallapiccola
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Silverio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D026923:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D003553:Cystine / Q000378:metabolism*; D003555:Cystinuria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D026923:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C499489:SLC7A9 protein, human; D003553:Cystine