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SUBMITTER: Wang CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5992132 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Chih-Chuan CC Ortiz-González Xilma R XR Yum Sabrina W SW Gill Sara M SM White Amy A Kelter Erin E Seaver Laurie H LH Lee Sansan S Wiley Graham G Gaffney Patrick M PM Wierenga Klaas J KJ Rasband Matthew N MN
American journal of human genetics 20180531 6
βIV spectrin links ankyrinG (AnkG) and clustered ion channels at axon initial segments (AISs) and nodes of Ranvier to the axonal cytoskeleton. Here, we report bi-allelic pathogenic SPTBN4 variants (three homozygous and two compound heterozygous) that cause a severe neurological syndrome that includes congenital hypotonia, intellectual disability, and motor axonal and auditory neuropathy. We introduced these variants into βIV spectrin, expressed these in neurons, and found that 5/7 were loss-of-f ...[more]