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. 1990 Nov;47(5):790–794.

Splicing defect at the ornithine aminotransferase (OAT) locus in gyrate atrophy.

A I McClatchey 1, D L Kaufman 1, E L Berson 1, A J Tobin 1, V E Shih 1, J F Gusella 1, V Ramesh 1
PMCID: PMC1683684  PMID: 2220818

Abstract

Gyrate atrophy (GA), a recessive eye disease involving progressive vision loss due to chorioretinal degeneration, is associated with the deficiency of the mitochondrial enzyme ornithine aminotransferase (OAT), with consequent hyperornithinemia. We and others have reported a number of missense mutations at the OAT locus which result in GA. Here we report a GA patient of Danish/Swedish ancestry in whom one OAT allele produces an mRNA that is missing a single 96-bp exon relative to the normal mRNA. Polymerase-chain-reaction amplification and sequencing revealed a 9-bp deletion covering the splice acceptor region of exon 5, resulting in the absence of exon 5 sequences from the mRNA with no disruption to the reading frame. This mutation, which was not present in 15 other independent GA patients, adds to the array of allelic heterogeneity observed in GA and represents the first example of a splicing mutation associated with this disorder.

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