Mutations in orthologous genes in human spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia and the brachymorphic mouse.
The osteochondrodysplasias are a genetically heterogeneous group of disorders affecting skeletal development, linear growth and the maintenance of cartilage and bone. We have studied a large inbred Pakistani family with a distinct form of recessively inherited spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia (SEMD) and mapped a gene associated with this dwarfing condition to chromosome 10q23-24, a region syntenic with the locus for the brachymorphic mutation on mouse chromosome 19. We identified two orthologous genes, ATPSK2 and Atpsk2, encoding novel ATP sulfurylase/APS kinase orthologues in the respective regions of the human and mouse genomes. We characterized a nonsense mutation in ATPSK2 in the SEMD family and a missense mutation in the region of Atpsk2 encoding the APS kinase activity in the brachymorphic mouse. ATP sulfurylase/APS kinase catalyses the metabolic activation of inorganic sulfate to PAPS, the universal donor for post-translational protein sulfation in all cell types. The cartilage-specificity of the human and mouse phenotypes provides further evidence of the critical role of sulfate activation in the maturation of cartilage extracellular matrix molecules and the effect of defects in this process on the architecture of cartilage and skeletogenesis.
Ahmanson Department of Pediatrics, Steven Spielberg Pediatric Research Center, Cedars-Sinai Research Institute, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
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Faiyaz ul Haque
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King
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Krakow
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Cantor
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Rusiniak
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Superti-Furga
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Haque
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D003241:Consanguinity; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000235:genetics*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D016415:Sequence Alignment
D018388:Codon, Terminator; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C019617:adenylylsulfate kinase