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. 1990 Aug;47(2):279–285.

Insertion of an extra codon for threonine is a cause of dihydropteridine reductase deficiency.

D W Howells 1, S M Forrest 1, H H Dahl 1, R G Cotton 1
PMCID: PMC1683733  PMID: 2116088

Abstract

The mutation in a patient with dihydropteridine reductase deficiency has been located and characterized. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to amplify the coding sequence of human dihydropteridine reductase from the messenger RNA of skin fibroblasts. Chemical cleavage of mismatches indicated a mismatched thymine and cytosine at approximately 117 and 147 bases, respectively, from the end of the probe. Cloning and sequencing of the mutant PCR products revealed the insertion of the triplet ACT (threonine), after alanine 122 (base 390). Amplification of a small region around this mutation by using genomic DNA as the PCR target indicates that the mutation is completely within an exon. Unequal crossing-over at the second base in the preceding alanine codon and duplication of the bases CTA may be the mechanism of mutagenesis. The cleavage site 147 bases from the end of the probe corresponded to the conversion of guanine to adenine at base 420 (CTG to CTA) and does not alter the code for leucine. This change, which was also seen in another dihydropteridine reductase-deficient child and in a control subject probably represents a common neutral polymorphism.

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