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  • Title: Heterogeneous alleles and expression of methylmalonyl CoA mutase in mut methylmalonic acidemia.
    Author: Ledley FD, Crane AM, Lumetta M.
    Journal: Am J Hum Genet; 1990 Mar; 46(3):539-47. PubMed ID: 1968706.
    Abstract:
    Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) can be caused by mutations in the gene coding for the methylmalonyl CoA mutase (MCM) apoenzyme or by mutations in genes required for provision of its adenosylcobalamin cofactor. We have characterized MCM activity, gene structure, and expression in a series of primary fibroblast cell lines derived from patients with MCM apoenzyme deficiency. Southern blot analysis reveals normal HindIII and TaqI polymorphisms but no gross insertions, deletions, rearrangements, or point mutations at restriction endonuclease recognition sequences. Northern blot analysis demonstrates that several cell lines have specifically decreased steady-state levels of MCM mRNA. At least six independent alleles can be delineated by a haplotype of HindIII and TaqI polymorphisms, the level of mRNA expression, and the biochemical phenotype of the cells. These studies confirm the wide phenotypic spectrum of MMA and provide molecular genetic evidence for a variety of independent alleles underlying this disorder.
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