A novel mutation (Cys6Gly) in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene associated with rapidly progressive familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Autosomal-dominant familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS) is associated with mutation in the gene that encodes Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1). We identified a novel missense mutation of SOD-1 (Cys6Gly) in exon 1 in a Japanese woman and her family. The illness showed rapid progression similarly to the FALS with a mutation of Cys6Phe that was reported by Morita et al. (1996) (Morita, M., Aoki, M., Abe, K., Hasegawa, T., Sakuma, R., Onodera, Y., Ichikawa, N., Nishizawa, M. and Itoyama, Y., A novel two-base mutation in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Japan. Neurosci. Lett., 205 (1996) 79-82). Mutation of the cystein at amino acid 6 might be associated with the rapid progression of ALS.
Kohno
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The First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan. sato-kohno@mail.wbs.ne.jp
Takahashi
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Y
Miyajima
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Serizawa
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Mizoguchi
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K
D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020125:Mutation, Missense / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics*
D013482:Superoxide Dismutase