Human doublecortin (DCX) and the homologous gene in mouse encode a putative Ca2+-dependent signaling protein which is mutated in human X-linked neuronal migration defects

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Sossey-Alaoui, K
Hartung, AJ
Guerrini, R
Manchester, DK
Posar, A
Puche-Mira, A
Andermann, E
Dobyns, WB
Srivastava, AK [1 ]
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[1] Greenwood Genet Ctr, JC Self Res Inst Human Genet, Greenwood, SC 29646 USA
[2] Univ Pisa, Inst Child Neurol & Psychiat, Pisa, Italy
[3] Childrens Hosp, Div Genet, Denver, CO 80218 USA
[4] Univ Bologna, Inst Neurol, Dept Child Neurol & Psychiat, Bologna, Italy
[5] Hosp Univ V Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
[6] Neurol Inst, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[7] McGill Univ, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[8] UMHC, Dept Neurol, Minneapolis, MN USA
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10.1093/hmg/7.8.1327
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Subcortical band heterotopia (SBH) and classical lissencephaly (LIS) result from deficient neuronal migration which causes mental retardation and epilepsy. A single LIS/SBH locus on Xq22.3-q24 was mapped by linkage analysis and physical mapping of the breakpoint in an X;2 translocation, A recently identified gene, doublecortin (DCX), is expressed in fetal brain and mutated in LIS/SBH patients. We have identified four novel missense mutations in the gene, one familial mutation with LIS in a male and SBH in the carrier females, one de novo mutation in an SBH female, and two mutations in sporadic SBH female patients. The DCX gene is found to be expressed exclusively at a very high level in the adult frontal lobe, We have also cloned the X-linked mouse doublecortin (Dcx) gene. It encodes isoforms of a highly hydrophilic 40 kDa protein, homologous to its human counterpart and containing several potential phosphorylation sites. Both human and mouse DCX proteins are homologous to a CNS protein containing a Ca2+/calmodulin kinase domain, suggesting that the DCX protein may belong to a novel class of intracellular proteins involved in neuronal migration through Ca2+-dependent signaling.
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