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Pseudohypoparathyroidism Ia (PHP-Ia), is an inherited disease with clinical hypoparathyroidism caused by parathyroid hormone resistance (PTH), and shows the phenotype of Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO), including short stature, obesity, round face, brachydactyly, and subcutaneous ossification. This disease is caused by mutation that inactivates the α-subunit of Gs, the stimulatory regulator of adenylyl cyclase. Here, a novel frameshift mutation (delG at codon 88) in exon 4, and a missense mutation (R231H) in exon 9 of the Gsα gene were identified in two Japanese patients with sporadic PHP-Ia. Deletion of a G in exon 4 at codon 88 in the first patient produced a premature stop codon, resulting in the truncated protein. The second patient had a previously reported R231H mutation. Because this amino acid is located in a region, switch 2, that is thought to interact with the βγ subunit of Gsα protein, this mutation may impair Gs protein function. We report here one novel Gsα mutation, and note that mutations in Japanese patients with PHP-Ia are probably heterogeneous.
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Received: November 27, 2000 / Accepted: March 21, 2001
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Ishikawa, Y., Tajima, T., Nakae, J. et al. Two mutations of the Gsα gene in two Japanese patients with sporadic pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia. J Hum Genet 46, 426–430 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380170062
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