Phenylketonuria (PKU, MIM 261600) is the most common inborn error of amino acid metabolism. To date, a total of more than 500 mutations have been associated with the disease. In this report, the novel p.Glu182Lys muta...Phenylketonuria (PKU, MIM 261600) is the most common inborn error of amino acid metabolism. To date, a total of more than 500 mutations have been associated with the disease. In this report, the novel p.Glu182Lys mutation, found in a Portuguese family in combination with the previously reported p.Leu 348Val, is presented and its putative deleterious impact discussed.展开更多
Herein we investigated the effect of primer binding site polymorphisms in achieving correct genotyping when a mismatch occurs in distinct positions of the primer sequence. For that purpose primer sequences were design...Herein we investigated the effect of primer binding site polymorphisms in achieving correct genotyping when a mismatch occurs in distinct positions of the primer sequence. For that purpose primer sequences were designed in order to carry either allelic form at the 3’ end and at 3 bp, 5 bp and 7 bp apart from the 3’ end of an intronic polymorphism (rs2247836) observed in phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene. For one of the alleles annealing failure was obtained when the mismatch occurs at all the four primer-site locations. Primer sequences carrying the alternative SNP allele resulted to be less specific as the distance to the primer-3’ end was increased. Altogether, these results revealthat effects in the extension of the annealing failure is allele and mismatch-position dependent.展开更多
文摘Phenylketonuria (PKU, MIM 261600) is the most common inborn error of amino acid metabolism. To date, a total of more than 500 mutations have been associated with the disease. In this report, the novel p.Glu182Lys mutation, found in a Portuguese family in combination with the previously reported p.Leu 348Val, is presented and its putative deleterious impact discussed.
文摘Herein we investigated the effect of primer binding site polymorphisms in achieving correct genotyping when a mismatch occurs in distinct positions of the primer sequence. For that purpose primer sequences were designed in order to carry either allelic form at the 3’ end and at 3 bp, 5 bp and 7 bp apart from the 3’ end of an intronic polymorphism (rs2247836) observed in phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene. For one of the alleles annealing failure was obtained when the mismatch occurs at all the four primer-site locations. Primer sequences carrying the alternative SNP allele resulted to be less specific as the distance to the primer-3’ end was increased. Altogether, these results revealthat effects in the extension of the annealing failure is allele and mismatch-position dependent.
