Mutations in STT3A and STT3B cause two congenital disorders of glycosylation
Shrimal, Shiteshu ; Ng, Bobby G. ; Losfeld, Marie-Estelle ; Gilmore, James R ; Freeze, Hudson H.
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Cells, Cultured
Child, Preschool
Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation
Consanguinity
Female
Glycosylation
HeLa Cells
Hexosyltransferases
Homozygote
Humans
Male
Membrane Proteins
Point Mutation
Substrate Specificity
Transferrin
alleles
mutation
failure to thrive
fibroblasts
biological markers
catalytic domain
dna
complementary genes
glycosylation
hela cells
homozygote
introns
intellectual disability
protein isoforms
transferrin
muscle hypotonia
feeding difficulties
congenital disorders of glycosylation
genome sequencing
exome donors
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Biochemical Phenomena, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Chemical and Pharmacologic Phenomena
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Genetic Phenomena
Molecular Biology
Molecular Genetics
Nervous System
Nervous System Diseases
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
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Abstract
We describe two unreported types of congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) which are caused by mutations in different isoforms of the catalytic subunit of the oligosaccharyltransferase (OST). Each isoform is encoded by a different gene (STT3A or STT3B), resides in a different OST complex and has distinct donor and acceptor substrate specificities with partially overlapping functions in N-glycosylation. The two cases from unrelated consanguineous families both show neurologic abnormalities, hypotonia, intellectual disability, failure to thrive and feeding problems. A homozygous mutation (c.1877T > C) in STT3A causes a p.Val626Ala change and a homozygous intronic mutation (c.1539 + 20G > T) in STT3B causes the other disorder. Both mutations impair glycosylation of a GFP biomarker and are rescued with the corresponding cDNA. Glycosylation of STT3A- and STT3B-specific acceptors is decreased in fibroblasts carrying the corresponding mutated gene and expression of the STT3A (p.Val626Ala) allele in STT3A-deficient HeLa cells does not rescue glycosylation. No additional cases were found in our collection or in reviewing various databases. The STT3A mutation significantly impairs glycosylation of the biomarker transferrin, but the STT3B mutation only slightly affects its glycosylation. Additional cases of STT3B-CDG may be missed by transferrin analysis and will require exome or genome sequencing.
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Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Nov 15;22(22):4638-45. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt312. Link to article on publisher's site