title: Identification of a familial mutation associated with GABA-transaminase deficiency disease.
abstract: GABA-transaminase (GABA-T) deficiency disease is a rare recessive disorder characterized by abnormal development, seizures, and high levels of GABA in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Although some patients are the offspring of consanguineous marriages, most are not. To identify the molecular basis of this disease, we have determined the sequence of human GABA-T cDNA. We have compared the GABA-T cDNA sequences in cultured cells derived from six healthy controls with those from a GABA-T-deficient patient and both parents. Our data indicate that GABA-T deficiency disease may result from an allele that encodes an R220K substitution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Science, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Medina-Kauwe
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Nyhan
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tobin
mesh_terms: D000612:4-Aminobutyrate Transaminase / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000592:Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000235:genetics; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008239:Lysine / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D010375:Pedigree; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001120:Arginine; D000612:4-Aminobutyrate Transaminase; D008239:Lysine