The human homologue of the murine Llglh gene (LLGL) maps within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region in 17p11.2.
We have isolated and characterized the human homologue of the murine Llglh gene, which was originally isolated as a homologue of a Drosophila tumor suppressor gene 1(2)gl (lethal(2) giant larvae). In the mouse, Llglh is thought to play an important role during brain development as a regulatory target of Hoxc8. The human homologue of Llglh (LLGL) encodes a protein consisting of 1,033 amino acids. This gene was mapped by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to human chromosome 17p11.2, a region that is typically deleted in patients with Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS). In our FISH analysis of metaphase chromosomes of four SMS patients, a probe representing LLGL failed in each case to hybridize to one of the two chromosome 17 homologues, indicating that this gene may play a role in the pathogenesis of SMS.
Koyama
K
K
Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Fukushima
Y
Y
Inazawa
J
J
Tomotsune
D
D
Takahashi
N
N
Nakamura
Y
Y
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013577:Syndrome
D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C097906:LLGL1 protein, human; D011506:Proteins