Autozygosity mapping and clonal sequencing of an Omani family identified mutations in the uncharacterized gene, C4orf26, as a cause of recessive hypomineralized amelogenesis imperfecta (AI), a disease in which the formation of tooth enamel fails. Screening of a panel of 57 autosomal-recessive AI-affected families identified eight further families with loss-of-function mutations in C4orf26. C4orf26 encodes a putative extracellular matrix acidic phosphoprotein expressed in the enamel organ. A mineral nucleation assay showed that the protein's phosphorylated C terminus has the capacity to promote nucleation of hydroxyapatite, suggesting a possible function in enamel mineralization during amelogenesis.
Mutations in C4orf26, encoding a peptide with in vitro hydroxyapatite crystal nucleation and growth activity, cause amelogenesis imperfecta.
D. Parry,S. Brookes,C. Logan,J. Poulter,W. El-Sayed,W. El-Sayed,W. El-Sayed,Suhaila Al-Bahlani,Sharifa Al Harasi,Jihad Sayed,E. Raïf,R. Shore,M. Dashash,M. Barron,J. Morgan,I. Carr,G. Taylor,Colin A. Johnson,M. Aldred,M. Dixon,J. T. Wright,J. Kirkham,C. Inglehearn,A. Mighell,A. Mighell
Published 2012 in American Journal of Human Genetics
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2012
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American Journal of Human Genetics
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2012-09-07
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