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Novel Compound Heterozygous Variants in TBCD Gene Associated with Infantile Neurodegenerative Encephalopathy.

ABSTRACT: Mutations in tubulin-specific chaperon D (TBCD), the gene encoding one of the co-chaperons required for the assembly and disassembly of the α/β-tubulin heterodimers, have been reported to cause perturbed microtubule dynamics, resulting in debilitating early-onset progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Here, we identified two novel TBCD variants, c.1340C>T (p.Ala447Val), and c.817+2T>C, presented as compound heterozygotes in two affected siblings born to unaffected carrier parents. Clinical features included early-onset neurodegeneration, failure to thrive, respiratory failure, hypotonia, muscle weakness and atrophy and seizures. We established the genotype-phenotype relationship of these TBCD pathogenic variants and provided insight into the protein structural alteration that may contribute to this chaperone-associated tubulinopathy.

SUBMITTER: Chen CL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8699832 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Novel Compound Heterozygous Variants in <i>TBCD</i> Gene Associated with Infantile Neurodegenerative Encephalopathy.

Chen Chih-Ling CL Lee Chien-Nan CN Chien Yin-Hsiu YH Hwu Wuh-Liang WL Chang Tung-Ming TM Lee Ni-Chung NC

Children (Basel, Switzerland) 20211205 12

Mutations in tubulin-specific chaperon D (TBCD), the gene encoding one of the co-chaperons required for the assembly and disassembly of the α/β-tubulin heterodimers, have been reported to cause perturbed microtubule dynamics, resulting in debilitating early-onset progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Here, we identified two novel <i>TBCD</i> variants, c.1340C>T (p.Ala447Val), and c.817+2T>C, presented as compound heterozygotes in two affected siblings born to unaffected carrier parents. Clinic ...[more]

PMID: 34943336

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Novel Compound Heterozygous Variants in TBCD Gene Associated with Infantile Neurodegenerative Encephalopathy.

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Novel Compound Heterozygous Variants in <i>TBCD</i> Gene Associated with Infantile Neurodegenerative Encephalopathy.

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