title: Cloning and expression analysis of a novel gene, RP42, mapping to an autism susceptibility locus on 6q16.
abstract: We isolated a novel mouse gene, RP42, in a systematic search for genes expressed in proliferating neuroblasts whose human orthologs map to susceptibility loci for autism. This gene is intronless and encodes a putative 259-amino-acid protein that exhibits 30-36% overall sequence identity to a fission yeast and a nematode protein (GenPept Accession Nos. CAA17006 and CAB54261). Nevertheless, no homology to any known gene was found. RP42 has developmentally regulated expression, particularly in proliferating neuroblasts from which neocortical neurons originate. Its human ortholog is located in a cluster of embryonic neuronally expressed genes on the 6q16 chromosome, making it a positional candidate susceptibility gene for autism.
authors.affiliation: Neurogénétique, INSERM E9935, Hôpital Robert Debré, 48 Boulevard Sérurier, Paris, 75019, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bulfone
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Levacher
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mugnier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simonneau
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: C408631:DCUN1D1 protein, human; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger